SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .