PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .

A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .