Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

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

A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .

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 .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .

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

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .