CHEEKY BABY GORILLA

THIS cheeky gorilla tries his best to wriggle free from his mum. After a day of being carried around, he has finally had enough as he tries to escape from her arms. These heart-warming photographs captured by Dr Michal Samuni-Blank show this doting mother Gorilla and her three week old Infant in Bronx Zoo, New York.

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LOST LEAPING BABY WHALE

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SLEEPY GROUNDHOG

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

PEE-TRIFIED: WOMAN HAS IRRATIONAL FEAR OF TOILETS

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GIRL NICKNAMED JAWS BITES BACK AFTER SURGERY

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STRANDED MOOSE RESCUED FROM FROZEN LAKE

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

CAGE -FIGHTER BF FRACTURED MY EYE SOCKET, NOSE, BIT MY FACE AND FORCED ME TO MAKE HIM A SAUSAGE SARNIE AT KNIFEPOINT

After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .

SUNBATHING OTTER

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SEXY TRAFFIC GIRLS OF NORTH KOREA

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THIRSTY SQUIRREL TAKES A BREAK

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FIRST SHOES, FIRST STEPS FOR MENINGITIS TOT

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HYPER-REALISTIC DINNER IS ACTUALLY DESSERT

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