THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water. Using its massive feet to jump from lily pad to lily pad, this Jacana fails to disappear into the background when catching its food. These funny photographs were taken by amateur photographer Ian Gordon Brown, 53, after he spotted the African Jacana at the Chobe nature reserve, Botswana. 'What is absolutely amazing is from birth, the chicks feed themselves - the parents don't feed them at all,'said Ian
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 .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .