With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .