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 .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .

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

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .