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.
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
