A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws. The hippo, half-submerged in a lake, spots the egret sitting on a branch in the water, but the lucky bird flies out of sight and off the lunch menu. British photographer David Driver captured the shot in Lake Mburo in Uganda, Africa. The 57-year-old, of Oakworth, West Yorkshire, says: ‘The egret managed to escape moments before the hippo got to him, and so the disappointed beast sank back under the water, clearly unimpressed!’.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .