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..
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .