These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs. Taken at various destinations across the world, it is clear to see that these dolphins don’t have a care in the world as they take on the waves and show off their acrobatic skills in the water. The photographs, taken by Doug Perrine, 60, from the USA, show how dolphins are able to not only play on their own, but also synchronize their movements with each other to create these incredible shapes as they move through the air. Doug says: “The acceleration they used as they travelled through the air was breath-taking. I had to take the photographs as quickly as I could as they were gone and back underwater in an instant.
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .