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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .