AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

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The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

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

Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .

A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .

A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .