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…
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
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PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .