A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch. Stretching out on the dock, he laps up the warm weather and works on his tan. These cute shots were captured by Canadian triathlon coach Mark Bates, 46, when he spotted the little river otter relaxing on the marina docks in Pender Island, Canada. ‘This calm otter was sunbathing and napping on the dock of a marina,’ says Mark, of North Vancouver.
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
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 .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .