HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

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 .

A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .

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

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .