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.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .