WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up. The smiley tokay gecko was photographed by photographer Angi Wallace in her home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 47-year-old says: “I placed this gecko on a branch deliberately to take some photographs. “He has the cutest face, however if I wave my hand near him he opens his mouth as a form of defensive behaviour.
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .
Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .