LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
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EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
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THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
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INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
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