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.
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
