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
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
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 .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
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 .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .