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.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
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A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
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 .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
