A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch. Stretching out on the dock, he laps up the warm weather and works on his tan. These cute shots were captured by Canadian triathlon coach Mark Bates, 46, when he spotted the little river otter relaxing on the marina docks in Pender Island, Canada. ‘This calm otter was sunbathing and napping on the dock of a marina,’ says Mark, of North Vancouver.
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
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This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
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A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .