HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain. Using the large, flat plant as an umbrella, the young owls wince as the raindrops bounce off their make-shift roof. The rainy scene was captured by 36-year-old photographer, Tanto Yensen at a small park near his home in Jakarta, Indonesia.
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
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 German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .