Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm. The gentle giants have travelled 300 miles from the cold winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the springs of Crystal River, Florida. For manatees, it is vital they retain as much body heat as possible, otherwise their digestive systems can shut down. Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts visited the lumbering 1,200lb creatures in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, where sick manatees are rescued and given care and surgery to get them back in the wild.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .