FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle. Fighting to become successful young adults, they throw punches and push each other in a bid to win the fight. These fierce images taken by Dr Michal Samuni-Blank, capture the pair of blackback gorillas as they punch and chase each other around their impressive enclosure. Michal, an Israeli-Born zoologist, took the snaps at Bronx Zoo, New York in order to learn more about the primates.
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
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 .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .