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 brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .