Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
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 .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .