MESMERISING FUNGI

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..

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BRITISH KINGFISHER SPLASH

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INCREDIBLE BABY DREAMS BROUGHT TO LIFE

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SHARK WHISPERER BALANCES SHARK IN HIS HAND

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MICROBES OR FLAMINGOS

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SMALLEST HOUSE IN THE UK

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FROZEN WATERFALLS

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

RESCUE TURTLES OPEN WIDE FOR DINNER

A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .

CHEEKY GORILLA

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ARRR-DORABLE ONE-EYED PIRATE KITTEN

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NAKED SLACKLINERS TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES

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POLAR BEAR PLAY

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .