An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

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 .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

A fish almost escapes the beak of a bird as they both soar through the air .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .