A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane.At just 34in tall, little Lexi Drake struggled to get by using even the smallest of white stick’s because it was too big for her tiny body.She is overshadowed by her friends as cute Lexi is the height of a two-year-old because she is one of the few people in the country to be affected by Turner‘s Syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent.Her mum Anna had taken her to the opticians after she crawled into a table when she was a tot, fearing she may have problems with her eyes. She was told Lexi simply needed glasses, but two weeks later she devastatingly found out her daughter was in fact blind.
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .