A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .

THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .