A manatee makes the most of his underwater guests by rolling onto his back for a belly rub. The manatee appears apprehensive at first, but he soon cosies up to the divers. The photographs were taken by marine biologist Andrew Pearson in Crystal River, Florida at the Crystal River Wildlife Refuge. The 32 year old photographer, of Southampton, says: ‘We spent several days snorkelling with wild manatees.
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals.
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet.
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel.
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father.
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet.