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.
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
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 .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .