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.
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .