Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world. With a level of detail usually reserved for globes in a classroom, it’s hard to believe that these replicas of Earth and Jupiter are completely edible. Baker Rhiannon Michell, rose to the challenge when her school teacher sister, Sarah, asked her to create a delicious science model for her class to enjoy. The 26-year-old, from Melbourne, Australia, said: “At first I was fairly sure there was no way I could make it, but then my inability to admit defeat kicked in and I had to find a way to do it.”
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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 .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .