A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .