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.
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .