A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
