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!’.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .