HANGING 80-foot in the air these human spiders are living life on the edge. The art installation made from 2500-square metres of mesh allows up to ten people to float on 26-foot diameter air-filled PVC balls as well as play spider by stalking people below. The three-tonnes of netting took three-years to compose into the impressive structure, called “In Orbit” by engineers under the direction of Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno. Located at over the giddy-heights of three floors of the K21 Standhaus museum in Dusseldorf, Germany the artist studies the techniques used by spiders to create their webs when he designed the spectacular work of interactive artwork.Visitors must be at least 12-years-old when they choose to take to the heights of the exhibition when it opens on June 22nd.
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Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
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PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .