LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .