AN UNEMPLOYED factory worker has proved his immunity to snake venom by letting a deadly mamba bite his bare arm .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

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 .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .