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.
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A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
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ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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