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.
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
