High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .