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…
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .