Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

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

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .

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

A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .