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.
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
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 .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .