A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art. On seeing road kill on the side of a road, most people’s stomachs would turn. But these oddball photographs show how Scottish photographer Rowan Corkill, 26, gamely picked up the squashed critters and popped them in his mouth for his self-portrait project, which took place in 2010. ‘This is something that most human beings don’t do,’ said Rowan. ‘We have hands to hold things and we would never consider eating a random wild bird or squirrel…
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .