EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand. The world’s most artistic Asian elephants use their trunks, feet and their very own brushes to paint their very own masterpieces. The fascinating display was captured by 48-year-old French photographer, Olivier Blaise on a two week trip to Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Olivier says: “Around 13 years ago, painting was introduced to elephant sanctuaries to help raise money for their babies, with Maesa camp being the first.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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