LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish. The photographs, taken off the coast of Isla Mujeres, near Cancun, Mexico, show how these water creatures work cooperatively to cut off a portion of a school of sardines swimming close to the seafloor, and drive them to the surface. American photographer Doug Perrine, 60, managed to capture the moment the sailfish manage to herd the bait into a tightly packed ball, ready to pick off for dinner one-by-one. ‘The sailfish took-turns swimming through the bait ball slashing with their bills to kill the fish, which are quickly gobbled up,’ Doug said. ‘Sometimes they light up or change to a bright colour pattern.
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Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
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THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .