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 little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .