A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

THIS caring wallaby shares her lunch with a hungry pigeon .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

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

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

Commuters were put in a HOLE lot of trouble after trains were cancelled by a hole created by BADGERS .