Take a good look. These adorable animals are not what they appear to be. A friend of mine posted these photos on Facebook because she couldn’t believe her eyes, and wanted others to see these unbelievable transformations, from rock to miniature animal.

That’s right. These objects are actually stones that Japanese artist Akie Nakata turned into pretend animals that you can hold in the palm of your hand. The animal paintings are truly conversation pieces.

I don’t think we have ever seen anything like this before. Read how each stone has its own destiny. Click here.