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.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
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 .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .