A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish. But the hungry pup’s mission to steal the catch is cut short when he is waved away by the larger otter. The giant river otters, a breed of otter native to South America and the largest in the world, were photographed by Morten Ross during a trip to the Peruvian Amazon. The 49-year-old IT service manager observed the animals at the Amazon Research and Conservation Centre in Soledad, Peru
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
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FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .