BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .