Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
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 .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .