PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .