A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food. The tiny chicks, thought to be just a few weeks old, fearlessly approached the metre-long python in a garden in the city of Blitar in East Java, Indonesia. The chicks cosied up to the python and remarkably emerged unscathed when the snake, presumably confused by the encounter, slithered away. The unusual scene was captured by 43-year-old photographer Monica Anantyowati, when she happened to spot the snake outside of a friend's window.
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 .
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THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
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UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
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A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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