THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .