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…
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
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Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
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LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .