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 .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A woman has lost an incredible 13st after a group of men cruelly threw a kebab at her as she walked down the street .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Whenever 46-year-old Melo Masi steps out of his front door in Berkshire, he risks being mobbed by strangers desperate for a selfie - all because of his incredible likeness to Hollywood megastar, Johnny Depp .