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 .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .

LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .

A woman has lost an incredible 13st after a group of men cruelly threw a kebab at her as she walked down the street .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .