These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time. Not only are the little pair super cute but they are also extremely rare, leaving the keepers at Birmingham Zoo in America stunned at the birth. Red Panda parents, 3-year-old Sorrel and 4-year-old Shifu, welcomed two cubs weighing in at 122 and 110 grams.This is the first litter for mom, Sorrel, 3 years old. The red pandas are on the list of threatened species due to loss of habitat, and fewer than 2,500 adult red pandas are left in the world. In the wild, red pandas live in the bamboo forests of China. While they share habitat with the giant panda, the two species are not related.
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
