High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith. These daunting photographs were captured by Italian photographer Nicola Bombassei, 38, after he unexpectedly stumbled across the 3,000 meter high drop, at Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy. 'The drop should have been fitted with a big wooden board over it, so that climbers can pass the cleft easily,' said Nicola. 'But when we arrived we couldn't find the board anywhere, and it was never an option not to complete the climb, so we had no choice but to take on the jump.
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TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
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An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
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An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
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