With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .