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.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .