A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue. The louse-like parasite, which entered through the gills of the small fish, is now so big that its stripy, orange host can barely close its mouth. The unfortunate clownfish was spotted by 44-year-old photographer and law professor Lars Oliver Michaelis in the shallow waters of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
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 .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .