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.
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .