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.
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .