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 .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .