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.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .