A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .

This Robin Reliant appears to have taken a wrong turn after it ended up 15 feet high up in a TREE .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .