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 PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
