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.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .