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.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .