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…
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .