A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child. Pretty Tracie Shannon was desperate to have another baby with her husband James, 25, but was devastated to learn the "bump" growing inside her was actually a kind of tumour. Having already endured two miscarriages in her quest to provide her first son Taylor, three, with a sibling to complete their little family, Tracie was overjoyed to learn she was pregnant again. But despite experiencing all the usual signs of pregnancy, from a swollen tummy to morning sickness, her hopes were crushed when she went for a scan at 11 weeks. Tracie, 26, from Cirencester, Gloucs, had been eager to see the first scan of her unborn child, but instead a "snowstorm" appeared on the ultrasound monitor
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .