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 .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .