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.
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
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HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .