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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
