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 young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
