Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .