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.
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
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WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
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A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
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