A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free. With all its tiny might, the rodent manages to pull its paw free from the clutch of the huge heron's beak. This moment was caught by professional photographer Daniel Dietrich, 44, in Point Reyes, California. Daniel, originally of New York, says: “The blue heron first attempted to spear the gopher with its beak while the rodent retreated into its burrow.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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 .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
