A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free. With all its tiny might, the rodent manages to pull its paw free from the clutch of the huge heron's beak. This moment was caught by professional photographer Daniel Dietrich, 44, in Point Reyes, California. Daniel, originally of New York, says: “The blue heron first attempted to spear the gopher with its beak while the rodent retreated into its burrow.
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A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
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A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .