FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat. Aerial shots of some of the TWO-MILLION pink flying birds that gather to feed in the world's largest desert lake resemble the type of tiny pink microbes they eat and give them their distinctive pink colour. But if you look a little closer you'll see the fantastic feathered creatures skimming gently over the serene waters of Lake Turkana in Kenya's spectacular Rift Valley. Travel photographer Michael Poliza, 55, from Hamburg in Germany travelled to the great lakes of Kenya and Tanzania to take these extraordinary pictures of Africa from above. 'These lakes are each an absolute flamingo paradise,' he said.
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .