AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt. Pictures show how the determined 18-foot-tall creature took such a dislike to this cyclist - who was taking picture of the giraffe on his mobile phone - that the enraged animal gave chase until he finally destroyed the cyclist's mountain bike. The cyclist who stirred up the giraffe's anger, Louise John Rex and his friend Ryk van Niekerk, who took the footage, were travelling by bike across the Groenkloof Nature Reserve in Pretoria, South Africa.'I had to jump off my bike immediately - there was no time to drive away,' said Louise.
An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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 .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .