WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction. Life's a BEECH for worshipers at this church that is now POPLAR with foreign tourists since being SPRUCED up after locals PINED for a revamp in recent years. Thanks to the carpentry genius of her creators this 123-foot-tall church complex is held together only by wooden rivets without a nail in sight. The Russian Orthodox Church buildings called Kizhi Pogost are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. The impressive domes of the pair of churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega. Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990…
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
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A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .