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.
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .