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 NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .