VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos. Ten hours of footage is sped up into 20 captivating seconds, featuring petals opening and blooming. The fascinating videos were created by retired software company owner Greg Krehel as a way to show the blossoming of the Echinopsis cactus in all its glory. The 58-year-old, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, says: ‘One of my sons works in the videography field and he made a series of time-lapse videos, seeing them gave me the idea to try this technique with cactus flowers.
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MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
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 .
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A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .