THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing. The amazing drawings are a trick of the mind created by Italian designer Alessandro Diddi, 42. 'I want my drawings to put across the message that the eye can trick the mind and make you believe that there are dimensions that are not really there,” said Alessandro. Using his own hands and objects to make the drawings appear even more life-like, they appear to show two men using their strength to pull a pencil out of Alessandro's hand, as well as a snake slithering away as its being drawn. Another shows Alessandro's fingers turn into claws and ripping the paper, while a different drawing indicates the designer trying to slam down the paper on a struggling man.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .