CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

Posh pooch owners are lapping their pets up in luxury by paying £1,500 for 22ct gold lined fine china DOG BOWLS .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .

A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .