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| Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Image ID: 25005 Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Image ID: 02114 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Great hammerhead shark. Image ID: 31966 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas | Two tiger sharks. Image ID: 31875 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Image ID: 00647 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007 Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25646 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi. Image ID: 00018 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks. Image ID: 31880 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark and underwater photographer. Image ID: 31877 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Bigeye trevally jacks, motion blur, schooling. Image ID: 16347 Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34577 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | South American sea lion underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina. Image ID: 35930 Species: South american sea lion, Otaria flavescens Location: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina |
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| Tiger shark. Image ID: 31883 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 32663 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. Image ID: 10550 Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas | California sea lion underwater playing with sea star. Image ID: 27428 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | A large group of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 36052 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia |
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| Young California sea lions playing underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 35854 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 36050 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia | Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 36053 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia |
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