Rihanna Hot & Wild Photoshoot

Rihanna has been keen to show a wilder side of late.And you don't get much wilder than a cougar, as the brave popstar posed alongside the fang-toothed beast to promote album Rated R.The Barbados born singer, 21, was pictured holding onto the neck of the roaring cougar in one daring shot.

And in another, she used just her arm to protect her modesty. The Umbrella singer has been courting controversy with her raunchy photoshoots and revealing interviews of late.A recent semi-nude cover-shoot for GQ magazine was so raunchy, she faced the wrath of her record label boss Antonio 'L.A.' Reid.

The singer is seen topless, in a pair of unzipped hotpants on the cover of the January 2010 issue of the popular men's monthly.And she admits things got so steamy on set, Island Def Jam boss Reid threatened to step in.The singer has worked hard to relaunch her career following the abuse incident she suffered at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.