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.
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .