BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .