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 .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .