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!’.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
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