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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
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 .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .