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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .