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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
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 .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
