BIG FOOT 'JESUS BIRD'

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

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GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD

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PET DOG WITH CANCER LEFT TO DIE

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RING OF FIRE ECLIPSE IN OZ

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ABANDONED FARM HOUSE LEFT TO ROT

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

BIKINI DIVER SWIMS WITH SHARKS

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FLYING PENGUINS LEAP OUT OF THE OCEAN

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PELT-MOBILE SPOTTED

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HYPNOTIST JAILED FOR SEX ABUSE

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

LAZY LIZARDS RELAX AND POSE LIKE YODA

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ADORABLE EXOTIC KITTENS AT NASHVILLE ZOO

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