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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .