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 little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .