THERE IS NEVER a dull or dry day in the office when you're a REAL LIFE MERMAID. With their colourful tails and bikini tops, these girls appear to have splashed right out of a Disney movie. The mermaids can be found at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, performing in the underwater theatre. Marketing and PR Manager for the park John Athanason, 46, says: 'When I first saw the mermaids performing, I was completely mesmerised. 'They have such an ease under the water, and are able to do a job unlike any other with such effortlessness
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .