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.
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
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 woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .