A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
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MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
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Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .