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.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .