AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .