PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .