This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat. The fearsome creature was quick to leap into water, her jaws open wide, razor-sharp teeth gleaming to reach the chunks of raw meat. Capturing the action was photographer Kristi Harper, 45, from South Dakota who travelled to the Six Flags Animal Park in northern California to take the extraordinary pictures of this rare white Bengal tiger called Kashmir. Up close and personal pictures show how this powerful 600 pound female Kashmir's fierce jowls rippled alarmingly as she dived into the water for the hunks of meat her keepers tossed into the water-tank. “Trainers would throw meat out in a big pool of water and the tigers would dive after it,” said Kristi. “I loved the diving tiger show – especially the faces they made going after the meat. “People were not scared as such, but they were shocked on the scary faces. People who see my pictures can’t believe they are real. “They ask where I took them, and comment on how scary the tiger looks.” Six Flags has been home to tigers since 1968. Now there are a total of ten-tigers, including three rare white tigers like Kashmir. In the wild tigers are critically endangered.
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .