Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day. The loved-up owls were photographed by American photographer Lori Shaw, 54, after she spotted them at the Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park in Florida. ‘The owls were being very affectionate with each other, cuddling, kissing and grooming each other,’ says Lori, of Crystal River, Florida. ‘I thought it was really cute the way they were carrying on with each other.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
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