MESMERISING FUNGI

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..

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RELAXING SNOW MONKEY

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STRANDED POLAR BEAR

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

CHINESE FISHERMEN FISHING WITH RARE TECHNIQUE

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AMAZING ROBOTIC SCULPTURES

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PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE

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FIGHTING BLACKBACK GORILLAS

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

ANIMAL WHISPERER TAMES SILKY SHARK

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