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| Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea, Sea of Cortez. Image ID: 33788 Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Humpback whale male escort emits a stream of bubbles during competitive group socializing. The whale is swimming so fast that the bubbles pass back alongside the whale. Image ID: 02822 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 02826 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Primary escort male humpback whale bubble streaming during competitive group socializing. This primary escort is swimming behind a female. The bubble curtain may be a form of intimidation towards other male escorts that are interested in the female. Image ID: 04430 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 04442 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Large competitive group of humpback whales seen underwater. Image ID: 04464 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Male humpback whale emits an underwater stream of bubbles as it dives quickly during competitive group activities. Image ID: 04493 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whales turning sharply in competitive group. Image ID: 04522 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Male North Pacific humpback whale streams a trail of bubbles. The primary male escort whale (center) creates a curtain of bubbles underwater as it swims behind a female (right), with other challenging males trailing behind in a competitive group. The bubbles may be a form of intimidation from the primary escort towards the challenging escorts. Image ID: 04524 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific humpback whale underwater. Image ID: 06005 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, competitive group. Image ID: 06021 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Image ID: 29783 Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
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| Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Image ID: 29888 Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Image ID: 29968 Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Lions, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya. Image ID: 30138 Species: African Lion, Panthera leo Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya |
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| Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22669 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22681 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22707 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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| Steeple Jason Island, southwestern exposure, looking south pass the isthmus toward the southern half of the island. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Image ID: 24085 Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. Image ID: 24383 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | North Pacific humpback whale, adult male with bloody head nodules wounded from colliding with other escorts during competitive interactions. Image ID: 02152 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific Yellowtail school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 07000 Species: North Pacific Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi Location: San Diego, California, USA | Scalloped hammerhead shark. Image ID: 03216 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica | African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29557 Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
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| African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29604 Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya | Piedras Blancas lighthouse. Completed in 1875, the 115-foot-tall Piedras Blancas lighthouse is one of the few tall-style lighthouses on the West Coast of the United States. Piedras Blancas, named for a group of three white rocks just offshore, is north of San Simeon, California very close to Hearst Castle. Image ID: 20348 Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Northeastern coast of Steeple Jason Island, looking toward the southern half of the island. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Image ID: 24101 Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Sea otters, resting on the surface by lying on their backs, in a group known as a raft. Image ID: 21604 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California. Image ID: 27463 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display. Image ID: 32576 Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico |
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