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.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
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A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
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A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .