TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .