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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A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
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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