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.
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 .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
