SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer. The big cat bobs its head above the water as it moves in closer, ready to pounce. Belgian software developer Stefan Cruysberghs photographed the tense attack at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, one of the largest national parks in the state Maharashtra in India. The 38-year-old, of Lommel, Belgium, says: “During our drive we stopped at a waterhole and three sambar deer were drinking in the middle of the pool.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .