FREEZING MANATEES STRUGGLE TO STAY WARM
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm. The gentle giants have travelled 300 miles from the cold winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the springs of Crystal River, Florida. For manatees, it is vital they retain as much body heat as possible, otherwise their digestive systems can shut down. Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts visited the lumbering 1,200lb creatures in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, where sick manatees are rescued and given care and surgery to get them back in the wild.
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GIRAFFES DUCK FOR COVER
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BABY MAY PARALYSE ME AND LEAVE ME IN LABOUR PAIN FOREVER
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PLAYFUL TIGERS GET UP TO MISCHIEF
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ADORABLE SQUIRREL GETS READY FOR A SNOWBALL FIGHT
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WOMAN LEFT SCARRED FOR LIFE AFTER HER CHILDHOOD FRIEND BATTERED HER WITH A COSH AND BROKE HER NOSE IN VICIOUS ATTACK
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REAL LIFE ANIME GIRL
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SHOCKING CCTV OF WOMEN AND CHILD HIT AND RUN
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BOY WHOSE BRAIN GREW IN NOSE IS REAL-LIFE PINOCCHIO
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JEALOUS EX TERRORISED ME FOR FIVE MONTHS
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BETRAYED BY CANCER CON WOMAN!
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OTTER FAMILY FIGHT
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .