A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .