Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .

TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .

AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .