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.
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .