THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water. Using its massive feet to jump from lily pad to lily pad, this Jacana fails to disappear into the background when catching its food. These funny photographs were taken by amateur photographer Ian Gordon Brown, 53, after he spotted the African Jacana at the Chobe nature reserve, Botswana. 'What is absolutely amazing is from birth, the chicks feed themselves - the parents don't feed them at all,'said Ian
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .