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

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .

A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .