BIG FOOT 'JESUS BIRD'

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

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FISH FIGHT

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FLY FISHING

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MAN AND NATURE

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RECORD BREAKING WATERMELON

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VENOM MAN

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GOING IN FOR THE GILL

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

LONDON HELICOPTER CRASH

A helicopter has crashed landed in Central London .

SNOWCAP SQUIRREL

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FROG FRIENDS

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

AERIAL PICTURES OF FURTHER FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES

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