A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue. Weighing nearly 36 stone, the female moose was lucky to survive after she slipped through the ice that formed over Muncho Lake in northern British Columbia, Canada. The moose was rescued by travellers, truck drivers and locals after they spotted the animal's head bobbing above the ice.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
