Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .