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.
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
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FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .