It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
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This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .