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.
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
