MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare. Graduate Imaarl Duprey, 23 was in the land of nod for 59 days and acting like a toddler during the episode. She suffers from a debilitating sleep disorder - dubbed Sleeping Beauty Syndrome - which means she can fall into a trance without warning and snooze for 20 hours a day through episodes that typically last ten days. The rare neurological, called Kleine Levin Syndrome (KLS), affects around 1,000 people worldwide and also sees sufferers experiencing extreme exhaustion, paranoia and hysterical behaviour while in the grips of the incurable condition. During an episode Imaarl, a fashion worker of Lewisham, London, relies on round the clock care and assistance from her mum Kerry Griffiths, 46 and sister Shahnequa Duprey, 21.
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 .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
A 23st woman who was left humiliated after breaking a TOILET SEAT has lost an incredible 11st .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .