PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea. The curious rodent is obviously suspicious of its new toy and after holding the copper tea-pot above its head, the squirrel attempts to wear the prop as a hat. The playful squirrel was photographed by carpenter Geert Weggen in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .