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.
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .