Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat. The rodent, after being locked in a tense stare down with its feline foe, narrowly escapes the paws of the predator by scurrying to freedom. The moment was captured by French nutrition student Enora Lebosse in her garden in Brittany, France. The 20-year-old, originally of Saint-Malo, France, says: ‘My pet cat, Bastet, was hot on the heels of a little field mouse…
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
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 .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .