Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice. These adorable photographs were taken by Canadian photographer Dennis Minty, 67, when he was working as a polar bear guide on the west side of Hudson Bay, Canada. “This is where bears gather through October and November, in anticipation of the freeze-up of the Bay,” says Dennis, of Newfoundland and Labrador.
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .