A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet. The docile giant, weighing a massive 66,000lbs, happily shares its waters during dinner time. The whale shark is a filter feeder and consumes plankton and small fish by swimming with its formidable jaws open. The amazing images were taken by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts, 44, on a trip to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life.
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river.
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other.
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut.
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill.
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book.