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
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .