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
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .