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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .