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
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
