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 .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .