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.
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
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A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .
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FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
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