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.
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
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An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
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A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
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A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .