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, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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 .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .