Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

A mum-of-one was left looking like a ‘monster’ after suffering a horrific allergic reaction to hair dye while pregnant .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

When Kylie Holgate discovered her fiancé was having an affair, her world came crashing down .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .

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