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!’.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .