SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend. But the hedgehog it is cutely curled up next to is in fact a garden ornament. Tiny Drew was found with three of his siblings on a cold Autumn night in Druids Heath in Birmingham. A quick-thinking member of the public rang experts from Willows Hedgehog Rescue, who came to the aid of the prickly customers.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .