A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish. Swimming through the water, the striking predator spots a prone sardine and goes straight for the kill. The brilliant underwater photographs were captured off the tip of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico by American wildlife photographer Doug Perrine. The 62-year-old, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, says: ‘The striped marlins have broken these sardines off from a giant shoal deep below, and forced them upwards to trap them against the surface of the water…
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
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A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .