RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera. After an afternoon of relaxing on the beach, he finally decides to acknowledge his audience as he rolls around in the sand. This adorable seal was photographed by German photographer Jeannette Rudloff, 36, after she spotted the young pup waving on the Island of Heligoland, Germany. 'This small grey seal was not moving too much at first, as he was only a few days old,' says Jeannette, of Morfelden.
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .