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.
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .