A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her. While most children dream of a white Christmas, eight-year-old Lola Dyer, dreads the chilly days. The schoolgirl suffers from a condition called cold urticaria and being outside for just a few minutes leaves her with painful rashes all over her body. The allergy is so bad it has even landed her in hospital after she developed breathing difficulties.
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .