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…
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .