EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise. It takes the chameleon less than 0.003 of a second to scoop up an unsuspecting grasshopper by shooting out its long, sticky tongue. The moment was captured in Lokobe Nature Reserve in northwestern Madagascar by photographer Milan Zygmunt.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .