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
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .