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…
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .