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 .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
