NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A mum-of-one has revealed how her one-year-old daughter suffered second and third degree burns to 22% of her body after pouring boiling water over herself .