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.
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .