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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .