WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up. The smiley tokay gecko was photographed by photographer Angi Wallace in her home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 47-year-old says: “I placed this gecko on a branch deliberately to take some photographs. “He has the cutest face, however if I wave my hand near him he opens his mouth as a form of defensive behaviour.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .