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 .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .