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 .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

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 .

A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .

WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .