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.
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 .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .