A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue. The louse-like parasite, which entered through the gills of the small fish, is now so big that its stripy, orange host can barely close its mouth. The unfortunate clownfish was spotted by 44-year-old photographer and law professor Lars Oliver Michaelis in the shallow waters of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
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 .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .