OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .