Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .
A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .