STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin. Using his mouth to peel away each paper-like layer of skin, the 30cm reptile appears to be grinning as he prepares for the hot weather. The bright-eyed gecko, named Cuillin, spent four hours shedding his skin and ate each piece as he freed himself one limb at a time. Watching her pet gecko in amazement, Angi Wallace, 47, of Newcastle upon Tyne photographed Cuillin as he broke free from his onesie-like layer.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .