Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show. Climbing right to the top of the tree, the zoo’s spectacled bear Bernardo can often be seen relaxing with his head in the clouds. Four-year-old Bernardo moved to the zoo after travelling from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals said: “An exchange of animals between the USA and Europe doesn’t happen very often at all, which makes Bernardo even more special to us here at the zoo.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .