SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .