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.
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HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
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MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .