Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals. The jaw-dropping moment stunned spectators watching from a catamaran near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The hungry shark emerged from the water and bit down on the catamaran's dummy seal, before disappearing into the waves. Yirui Heng, of Singapore, photographed the action, which lasted for just seconds.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
