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.
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An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
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From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
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