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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
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IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .