A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF. Etherial beauty, Melynda Moon, 23, paid £250 to have her ears pointed to resemble the fanciful creatures from her favourite film, The Lord of the Rings. The human elf, from Guelph in Ontario, Canada has always felt like she comes from a different realm and believes she was a fairy in her past life. Ms Moon, who underwent the body modification in August 2011 changed her name by deed poll and admits she has always felt 'different'.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .
A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
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 .