With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .

An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .

A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .