LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish. The birds jostle with one another as fish is thrown into the lake in Greece. The food fight was photographed in Lake Kerkini in Sintiki, Greece by Jiri Michal. The 34-year-old Czech engineer says: “I lay down on the ground to get in the perfect position to photograph the Dalmatian pelicans, while my colleague threw some Pigo fish into the air for them to catch.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
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 .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .