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.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
