We can't BEAR to be apart: Couple play pool and have afternoon picnics with grizzly Billy... who even watches TV in their lounge

By Anthony Bond For many young children, they struggle to travel anywhere unless accompanied by their favourite teddy bear.And as these pictures show, this is still the case for Mark and Dawn Dumas - but with one notable exception.Rather than being constantly side-by-side with a cute toy, they always have a real life teddy with them - in the form of 18-month-old grizzly bear Billy.Companion: Mark and Dawn Dumas are constantly accompanied by 18-month-old grizzly bear Billy - even to the local pubMine's a pint: At 5ft on his hind legs, it's easy for Billy to get his paws up onto the barSplashing around: At home near Vancouver, Canada, Billy splashes...

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Exercise? Fat chance! Larger than life animals show human couch potatoes how lounging around is REALLY done

By Leon WatsonThese animals look like they have let their diets slip a little bit too far as they lounge around.Slumped in a variety of positions they could be the laziest animals of all time.The hilarious collections of images of these larger than life animals were compiled by internet blog Buzzfeed.Down boy: This larger than life dog has eaten too far muchSeveral cats are pictured sitting on their backsides looking they haven’t moved an inch for quite a long time.But their domestic counterparts are no better as pet pooches lie on their sides appearing unable to get up.It is not just the house pets who are guilty of piling on the pounds though.A...

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The pocket-sized puppy: Britain’s smallest dog Mini born weighing just 1.3oz and is so tiny she can sit on top of an iPhone

By Emma ClarkA little puppy born so small that her owner feared she wouldn’t survive is believed to be Britain’s smallest dog.Mini, a Yorkshire terrier Chihuahua-cross, weighed no more than an egg and just 1.3ounces at birth – overshadowed by her brothers and sisters who are at least three times her size.Her owner, Emma Williams, was so worried the cute puppy wouldn’t live for more than a few days that she began a dedicated feeding regime in a desperate bid to raise her weight.Mini was so small she could comfortably fit on a iPhone when she was born, weighing just 1.3 ouncesAs well as Mini feeding from her mother, Emma gives her a milk formula...

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Snapshots of an ever-changing world: The incredible moments in nature that will shock and delight

By Daily Mail ReporterThese incredible photographs show nature's beauty and brutality in equal measure.Some will delight, others will shock, but all capture the stunning variety that exists in the animal kingdom and the interactions that go on there.In one, an eagle lunges at a hungry fox, while another shows a terrified baboon struggling to free itself from its shackles among a group of children.Get off my lunch: This eagle was eating a carcass in Bulgaria's Sinite Kamani National Park when the fox tried to snatch the meal. But the bird was having none of itDistressing: A terrified yellow baboon tries to break free from its shackles as it is...

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Stop giving me the runaround! Incredible pictures capture the moment a male hare gives chase to its chosen mate

By Anna EdwardsThis female hare puts a whole new spin on the idea of playing hard to get.The feisty animal delivers a knock-out blow to any males who come too close for her liking in this hare-raising mating ritual.The term 'sucker punched with love' takes on a whole new meaning when you're a hare looking for a partner. Come here, you! The male looks determined to catch the female as he pursues her through the fields of south-east EnglandSquaring up: The pair face each other as they spring up and down, ready to battle during the bizarre courtship ritualTake that! The female hare also proves to be handy with her fist - using her front paws to...

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Canoe give me a lift? Fearless koala paddles across a river and climbs aboard a passing boat

•The bears do not normally swim but it glided 20 yards across the water •Climbed aboard a boat and sailed down river before going ashore By Richard ShearsThey are regarded as one of the laziest animals on earth, for koalas do little more than sleep away in the tree tops.But the cuddly creature that canoeist Julie Elliott came face to face with as she paddled down a creek on Queensland’s Gold Coast was anything but a idle plaything.As Miss Elliott and her friends travelled along the creek in a couple of canoes they spotted the koala on an embankment about 20 yards away.They expected it to watch them for a while before heading back into the bushes...

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The marmots and me: The Schoolboy, 8, who has struck up a remarkable friendship with a colony of alpine animals

By Rachel McdermottThey are notoriously shy around humans, beating their tails and chattering their teeth to try to warn us off before emitting loud whistles to tell other members of their colony to flee.But when these alpine marmots see Matteo Walch, they scuttle to his side and show him nothing but affection.The eight-year-old built up a remarkable relationship with the creatures since first being taken to see them by his nature-loving family four years ago.Special bond: Matteo Walch has struck up an unlikely friendship with a group of marmots in the Austrian AlpsThe family return to visit the colony in Groslocker in the Austrian Alps for two...

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