A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws. The hippo, half-submerged in a lake, spots the egret sitting on a branch in the water, but the lucky bird flies out of sight and off the lunch menu. British photographer David Driver captured the shot in Lake Mburo in Uganda, Africa. The 57-year-old, of Oakworth, West Yorkshire, says: ‘The egret managed to escape moments before the hippo got to him, and so the disappointed beast sank back under the water, clearly unimpressed!’.
A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A woman was left shocked after her hunky boyfriend confessed he was actually born a GIRL .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .