LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish. The photographs, taken off the coast of Isla Mujeres, near Cancun, Mexico, show how these water creatures work cooperatively to cut off a portion of a school of sardines swimming close to the seafloor, and drive them to the surface. American photographer Doug Perrine, 60, managed to capture the moment the sailfish manage to herd the bait into a tightly packed ball, ready to pick off for dinner one-by-one. ‘The sailfish took-turns swimming through the bait ball slashing with their bills to kill the fish, which are quickly gobbled up,’ Doug said. ‘Sometimes they light up or change to a bright colour pattern.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
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Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
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A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
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