A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach. Hali Jafari, 33, from Bristol once weighed a whopping 22st, but is now a svelte 11st and size 10. The mum-of-three forked out £11k on gastric sleeve surgery after her GP told her she had the cholesterol of a 70-year-old. Hali, a deputy manager for a cosmetic company, said: "My doctor gave me the wake up call I needed. I was slowly eating myself to death. I was in a terrible state.
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
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 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .