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.
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .