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..
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
