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…
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .