An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
