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.
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .