CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

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.

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AMAZING AMERICAN LANDSCAPES

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FIGHTING BABOONS

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

EASTER ISLAND REPLICA STATUES DESTROYED IN SEA FALL

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PEEK-A-BOO FISH: BRIT SNAPPER MAKES RARE FIND

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ABANDONED CARE HOME LIES FORGOTTEN

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

WIFE CELEBRATES MARRIAGE BY SNOWBOARDING IN WEDDING DRESS

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ADORABLE OWLS SHELTER FROM THE RAIN

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OUT-STANDING FIREFIGHTER BREAKS ENDURANCE WORLD RECORD

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ADORABLE SQUIRREL GETS READY FOR A SNOWBALL FIGHT

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