A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
