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…
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .