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.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .