A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth. With a wide smile spread across his face, he is more of a friendly chappy than a vicious predator of the ocean. These impressive snaps are the work of 46 year old Todd Mintz, a professional photographer from Saskatchewan, Canada. Todd, who has had a passion for photography since he was a child, captured the amusing images off the coast of the British Virgin Islands, Bahamas.
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .