A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

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

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

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

THIS cheeky gorilla tries his best to wriggle free from his mum .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .