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.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .