STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .