Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl. Born Zachariah, the psychology student hated wearing boys’ clothes and longed to wear frilly dresses and makeup. She even became the captain of her school’s netball team. After leaving school at 16, Ashlee knew she couldn’t live as a boy anymore, and with the support of her parents Elizabeth, 50, and Elwyn, 65, began to live as a girl. But her GP was less supportive, and when Ashlee asked to go on hormone therapy to complete her transformation, he turned her down for being too young
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .