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 .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .
A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .