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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
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An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
