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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .