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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .