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 open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .