FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

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

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .