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.
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
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