ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS. The diver fearlessly swims with grey reef sharks, blacktip reef sharks and whitetip reef sharks off the coast of Yap in the western Pacific Ocean. American ocean photojournalist Tim Rock captured the breath-taking photographs on a diving trip with professional dive tour instructor and model Yoko Higashide. The 64-year-old photographer, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, said: “Vertigo Reef, along the north-western shores of the island of Yap in Micronesia, is a perfect venue to watch reef sharks.
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .