A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her. Over a period of three years, Victoria Stean, 24, guzzled on five energy drinks a day - consuming an astonishing 69 teaspoons of sugar. By the time she was 21, her 5ft 7in frame had ballooned to 19st 7lbs. Confronted with a terrifying future after being told she was going blind, Victoria vowed to shed the weight – and save her eyesight. Now the pretty brunette, of Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, weighs 11st 7lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 10.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
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A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
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It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
