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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .