A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record. Robyn Benincasa, 47, paddled non-stop for 90 miles around California's Huntington Beach Harbour. The athlete, from Cardiff by the Sea, California, spent 24 hours standing on a surf board while struggling against the pain of her artificial hip. 'I did this for all of the amazing women I know who are recovering from medical setbacks. I want to show what's possible when you choose not to focus on what you've lost, but on being the best of what you are today,' Robyn said…
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .