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.
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
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 .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
