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

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .

THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .