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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
