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.
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .