HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

A mum-of-two has revealed how her childhood friend of 20 years attacked her with a cosh and broke her nose in a vicious attack .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .

A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .