CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
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 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .