AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community. These surreal wildlife scenarios are the work of Swiss photographer John Wilhelm. The 43-year-old's passion for taking photos, along with a healthy dose of imagination, led him into the world of fantasy photography, where animals can accomplish incredible and sometimes controversial feats. For John, the only limit is his imagination.
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .