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. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .