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 .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .