A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner .

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .