CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

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 .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .