A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps'. First-time mum Amanda Jessup was in complete shock when she was told by A&E staff that not only was she pregnant, but her baby was crowning. The 23-year-old from Folkestone, Kent, had thought nothing of gaining two stone in four months.
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .