At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section. But she had no idea she’d end up ‘dying’ on the operating table. It wasn’t until three weeks later, when she was recovering from birth, that her hospital notes revealed she’d haemorrhaged and stopped breathing -with medics performing CPR to bring her back around. The near-death experience gave Ashley, 32, from Wigan, Manchester, the wake -up call she needed to lose weight and get healthy. Since then, the mum-of-two has lost an impressive 8st 13lbs, weighing 10st 1lbs.
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .