A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps'. First-time mum Amanda Jessup was in complete shock when she was told by A&E staff that not only was she pregnant, but her baby was crowning. The 23-year-old from Folkestone, Kent, had thought nothing of gaining two stone in four months.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
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 lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .