A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
