Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions. The porcupines, after leaving their spikey mark, hurry away from the pack of big cats. But they are unable to escape when the pride's alpha male lion arrives and devours the retreating spine covered rodents. Amateur photographer and software tester Philip Eglise witness the battle during a trip to the Kalahari Desert, South Africa .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .
Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A GLAMOUR model who has spent £22K on cosmetic procedures is hoping that a revolutionary new treatment to give her a designer vagina will end her quest for perfection .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .