A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots. Sara Joel, 45, from Long Island in New York, began performing the stunts whilst pregnant with her first child - son Desmond, now nine. Since then, the professional dancer and former Cirque du Soleil performer has celebrated each of her pregnancies with a wacky performance.
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
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 .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .