From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits. The delicious designs are the work of Nathan Shields, of Port Angeles, Washington. The 34 year old illustrator started making pancakes with fun themes as a way to entertain his children, Gryphon, 6, and Alice, 3. Nathan, a former maths teacher, says: 'I found myself in charge of our young children, with a lot of free time.
While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .