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.
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
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 .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .