FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat. Aerial shots of some of the TWO-MILLION pink flying birds that gather to feed in the world's largest desert lake resemble the type of tiny pink microbes they eat and give them their distinctive pink colour. But if you look a little closer you'll see the fantastic feathered creatures skimming gently over the serene waters of Lake Turkana in Kenya's spectacular Rift Valley. Travel photographer Michael Poliza, 55, from Hamburg in Germany travelled to the great lakes of Kenya and Tanzania to take these extraordinary pictures of Africa from above. 'These lakes are each an absolute flamingo paradise,' he said.
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .