Cameron Shonnard backflips a jump at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley, California, December 5, 2015. An El Nino is forecasted for California, and regular precipitation has been welcomed after years of drought. (Photo by Max Whittaker/Reuters)

Animals destined for the stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York on November 13, 1986 are led to the stage door by their co-stars, the Rockettes dancers. A variety of animals, including camels, sheep and donkeys, will star in an annual Christmas production. (Photo by G. Paul Burnett/AP Photo)

The sun streaks through the fall foliage at sunrise along the Potomac River in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, November 4, 2015 on a warm fall day in the nation's Capitol area. (Photo by J. David Ake/AP Photo)

A Japanese white-eye is seen on a branch of cherry blossoms at Kyoto Imperial Palace on March 26, 2010 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Akihiro I/Getty Images)

Most probably wouldnt think of snakes, spiders and lizards as beautiful animals – but these photographs could change some minds. The images show the reptiles seemingly playful sides, from a gleeful looking Budgetts frog, a cheeky leopard sticking out its tongue at the camera and a stack of four colourful iguanas. Contrasted against a white background and shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 and macro lens, photographer Mickael Leger really made sure they could be seen in all their glory. Here: Gecko. (Photo by Mickael Leger/Caters News)

A Sumatran Owl is seen in Palembang City, Indonesia on March 5, 2020. (Photo by Sigit Prasetya/Opn Images/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Nico Martin with a Mini Electric wrapped in thousands of Christmas fairy lights, at Greenfield Farm in Christmas Common, Oxfordshire on November 9, 2021. Nico, from Bracknell in Berkshire, has wrapped his own Mini in lights for the last two years, raising money for the MS Trust and for Duchenne UK. This year Mini are supporting Nico, providing him with a Mini Electric wrapped in thousands of Christmas lights ready for him to take out on the road. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)

Kyla Drumm, 5, waits after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Skippack, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2021. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Reuters)