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.
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
