A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her. While most children dream of a white Christmas, eight-year-old Lola Dyer, dreads the chilly days. The schoolgirl suffers from a condition called cold urticaria and being outside for just a few minutes leaves her with painful rashes all over her body. The allergy is so bad it has even landed her in hospital after she developed breathing difficulties.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
