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.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
