PATTERNS of colourful swirls and twirls of smoke help to create these imaginative spellbinding photographs. The hypnotic and psychedelic images were created by American psychologist Mark Scalco, 49, who refers to his work as 'smokreations'. 'I've always enjoyed the patterns made by kaleidoscopes or some geometric screen-savers,' says Mark, of Durham, North Carolina. 'I remember as a kid looking for shapes in clouds and smoke.
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .