A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
A shameless internet troll, who targets young girls online for fun, has slammed victims of cyber-bulling as WEAK .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .