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 cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
