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…
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
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 .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
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STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .