CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape. Pictures show a variety of styles beard categories from Amish and Dali to Imperial and freestyle. The entrants were part of the New Orleans Just for Men National Beard and Moustache Championships in the USA.
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .