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.
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .