CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.

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OKLAHOMA TORNADO

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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS BROUGHT TO LIFE

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LOVE RAT FIANCE CHEATED WITH MY MUM

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LIQUID SCULPTURES

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WOMAN DISCOVERS PREGNANCY…AS HER BABY BEGINS CROWNING

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SEALED WITH A BUBBLE KISSED

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DOUBLE OR NOTHING: TWINS SPEND £150,000 TO LOOK IDENTICAL

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UNUSUAL PUB AND BARBERS

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DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

PET DOG WITH CANCER LEFT TO DIE

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

BABY WHALE AND MOTHER LAP UP TOURIST ATTENTION

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .