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 doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .