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 blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
