An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .
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 .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .