A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots. Sara Joel, 45, from Long Island in New York, began performing the stunts whilst pregnant with her first child - son Desmond, now nine. Since then, the professional dancer and former Cirque du Soleil performer has celebrated each of her pregnancies with a wacky performance.
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .