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.
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .