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.
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .