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
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .