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 gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .