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 BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .