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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
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 .
