WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart. The harp seals, aged between two and ten-days-old, roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings. The adorable scene was captured in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts. The 44-year-old spent three days with the seals when she visited a breeding site earlier this month.
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .