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 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
