SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible. The small group of European ground squirrels compete with one another as they eagerly nibble at their lunch at the Radouc Nature reserve in the Czech Republic. The lunch break was captured by 33-year-old photographer and engineer Jiri Michal, as he spent the afternoon at the reserve.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .