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..
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
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 .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .