Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California. Richard Schaefer has transformed himself into an array of Disney princesses, including Snow White, Cinderella and Ariel, thanks to his naturally soft features and clever make-up tricks. The freelance make-up artist from Fullerton, Orange County, spends two hours on each transformation and wears his own home-made costumes. Richard attends comic conventions in character and wows fairytale fans, who are stunned when they discover the picture-perfect real life Disney princess is in fact a man.
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
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With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
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SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .