Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

A shameless internet troll, who targets young girls online for fun, has slammed victims of cyber-bulling as WEAK .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .

SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .

A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .