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 proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .