This is the moment a diver appears to shake hands with a giant 52ft whale. The divers were just metres away when one humpback whale – which weighs 36,000kg – extends its giant flipper in a peaceful manner. (Photo by Masa Ushioda/SeaPics/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A wildlife photographer hides himself in full camouflage just yards from unsuspecting creatures to capture the brilliance of nature. (Photo by Jon Hawkins/Solent News)

Pelicans sit in an enclosure at the Grugapark in Essen March 26, 2014. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

This handout photo taken on April 29, 2014 from Taronga Conservation Society Australia shows zoo keeper Brett Finlayson playing with eight month old southern hairy-nosed wombat named “Sydney” at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Taronga Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its second southern hairy-nosed wombat in three years, a breeding success story that could also help the critically endangered species notoriously difficult to breed in captivity. (Photo by Paul Fahy/AFP Photo/Taronga Conservation Society Australia)

Now here's a terrifying game of cat and mouse! Charging up to 40mph in just three strides these Bengal tigers make a petrifying splash on the saturated earth. (Photo by Splash News)

Baby polar bear Anori jumps in the pool of its enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on June 6, 2012. Anori was born on January 4, 2012 and has the same father as world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011. (Photo by Claudia Otte/AFP Photo)

An Indonesian jockey competes during a traditional Pacu Jawi, a cow race on the muddy unplanted paddy fields of Tanah Datar, Indonesia, May 3, 2014. Pacu Jawi is held by farmers before the start of the new harvesting season. (Photo by EPA/Rivo)

Former Grand National favourite Teaforthree is seen during a visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth to Cotts Equine Hospital in Narberth, Wales. (Photo by Reuters/Rebecca Naden)

A colourful chameleon uses his lightning fast reflexes to snap up a mantis with his tongue while perching on the edge of a grapevine branch. Sizing up his prey, the careful chameleon practices taking his aim before making the killer shot. (Photo by Scott Cromwell/Solent News)

These cheeky young orangutans managed to behave themselves for a few minutes as they huddled together for a “family portrait”. (Photo by Mitsuaki Iwago/Minden Pictures/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A tame fox approaches revellers gathering at the summit of Broken mountain in the Harz regions during celebrations of the Walpurgisnacht pagan festival. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A brave group of dolphins jump gleefully above the waves right in front of a giant 73,000 ton container ship. (Photo by Richard Steinberger/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Zoo keeper Jen Rucker, left, and assistant curator Kevin Morris tighten their grip as they keep Lissa in place with curator Ashleigh Kandrac after the 3,500-pound white rhino was injected with narcotics to keep her asleep during surgery at the Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Fla. A team of doctors has been removing parts of her horn to remove a cancerous tumor and inject chemotherapy drugs. (Photo by Greg Lovett/AP Photo)

A giant panda cub lies on a tree branch at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan province. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Photographer Nils Rinalidi captures two hippos fighting in a muddy pool in Katavi National Park, Tanzania. (Photo by Caters News)