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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .