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 .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Commuters were put in a HOLE lot of trouble after trains were cancelled by a hole created by BADGERS .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .