Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions. The porcupines, after leaving their spikey mark, hurry away from the pack of big cats. But they are unable to escape when the pride's alpha male lion arrives and devours the retreating spine covered rodents. Amateur photographer and software tester Philip Eglise witness the battle during a trip to the Kalahari Desert, South Africa .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .