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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .