Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
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 .