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 striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .