High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith. These daunting photographs were captured by Italian photographer Nicola Bombassei, 38, after he unexpectedly stumbled across the 3,000 meter high drop, at Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy. 'The drop should have been fitted with a big wooden board over it, so that climbers can pass the cleft easily,' said Nicola. 'But when we arrived we couldn't find the board anywhere, and it was never an option not to complete the climb, so we had no choice but to take on the jump.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .