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…
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
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A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .