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.
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .