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.
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .