A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
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A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
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A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .