Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals. The jaw-dropping moment stunned spectators watching from a catamaran near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The hungry shark emerged from the water and bit down on the catamaran's dummy seal, before disappearing into the waves. Yirui Heng, of Singapore, photographed the action, which lasted for just seconds.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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 .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .