It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .