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.
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
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A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .