A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet. The docile giant, weighing a massive 66,000lbs, happily shares its waters during dinner time. The whale shark is a filter feeder and consumes plankton and small fish by swimming with its formidable jaws open. The amazing images were taken by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts, 44, on a trip to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
