A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum. Stephanie Reynolds, 24, set up the page; ‘Please donate a kidney to my mum’ appealing for help after mum, Elaine, 54, was told in January that she had less than a one in 10,000 chance of finding a donor. Diagnosed with rare auto-immune disease Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 2001, Elaine from Berkshire, also suffers from kidney disorder, Immunoglobin A. Sadly, Elaine can’t accept a kidney from a relative, because her FSGS would return and attack her system again, due to her body recognising the proteins in the kidney.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .