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 terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
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 .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .