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
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
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 .