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
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .