Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .