Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .

A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .