A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

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

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

A TSUNAMI of predatory fish gather for their annual hunt .

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

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .