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.
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .