A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school. Meryem Davies, 38, was shamed into losing 10st thanks to her five-year-old son Thomas’ brutal honesty. Now the online shopper at Sainsbury’s from Pontypridd, South Wales, weighs a healthy 10st and is a trim size 10.
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .