A little girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis has taken her first steps since the illness thanks to her new 'Princess legs'. When Vicky Travers' two-year-old daughter Amber was struck down with the deadly brain bug last year, she could only watch helplessly as doctors took the tot's legs and arms in a series of traumatic surgeries. Now, just over seven months later, the plucky youngster has bounced back and is getting used to her new prosthetic limbs. Vicky, 24, feared her daughter might never walk again But when Amber stood up on her new legs at their home in Liverpool earlier this month, she was able to wear her favourite pink boots for the first time since her horrific ordeal
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A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
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IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .