NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

BRITISH kingfishers love to cool off by creating a splash .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

A woman who was cruelly called ‘tumour girl’ by bullies has finally found love .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .