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.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
