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 baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
