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.
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
