A manatee makes the most of his underwater guests by rolling onto his back for a belly rub. The manatee appears apprehensive at first, but he soon cosies up to the divers. The photographs were taken by marine biologist Andrew Pearson in Crystal River, Florida at the Crystal River Wildlife Refuge. The 32 year old photographer, of Southampton, says: ‘We spent several days snorkelling with wild manatees.
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .