A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .

THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .