SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best. With the stunning aqua blue colours and crystal clear waters, you could be mistaken into thinking these photographs had been digitally enhanced. But they are in fact the work of New Zealand photographer Chris Mclennan, when he decided to explore what lay beneath the surface in the Bora Bora Lagoon, France. Chris, 49, was able to capture these images whilst snorkelling in the pure waters
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
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 .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .