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.
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
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Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
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A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
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What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .