WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

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

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .