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
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
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 .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .