AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community. These surreal wildlife scenarios are the work of Swiss photographer John Wilhelm. The 43-year-old's passion for taking photos, along with a healthy dose of imagination, led him into the world of fantasy photography, where animals can accomplish incredible and sometimes controversial feats. For John, the only limit is his imagination.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .
A personal trainer who was dumped over a life-changing sleep disorder has finally found love .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .