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 doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .