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…
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .