SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
