DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey. The osprey swoops in, with its eyes firmly fixed on the trout below, before making a sharp exit with his meal. The moment was photographed by Andrew Lee in El Dorado Park in Long Beach, California. ‘The osprey at this lake circled the edges trying to spot a fish,’ says Andrew, of Irvine, California.
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A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
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 .