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.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
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A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
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BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
