A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .