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.
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .
A mum-of-two has splashed out £20k on her seven reborn dolls, but refuses to treat her real kids .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .