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..
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .