A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue. Weighing nearly 36 stone, the female moose was lucky to survive after she slipped through the ice that formed over Muncho Lake in northern British Columbia, Canada. The moose was rescued by travellers, truck drivers and locals after they spotted the animal's head bobbing above the ice.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .