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.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .