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.
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
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EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .