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.
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .