A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue. The louse-like parasite, which entered through the gills of the small fish, is now so big that its stripy, orange host can barely close its mouth. The unfortunate clownfish was spotted by 44-year-old photographer and law professor Lars Oliver Michaelis in the shallow waters of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .