Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

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 .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

KICKING back and relaxing with his arms outstretched, this chilled-out frog appears to be loving life as he takes some time out on a water lily leaf .

STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .