EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

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

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

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

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .