Marine Gallery

WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long

VT-6318
WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long.
Australia - Worldwide. North West coast Australia. Ningaloo Marine Park.
Rhincodon typus
Very unusual for diver to be so close with mouth open. Distribution: found in tropical warm oceans and seas, worldwide.
Valerie & Ron Taylor
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DOW-149 Vampire Squid

DOW-149
Vampire Squid
Monterey - California - USA
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Small white discs / Dots are Photophores - Light producing organs - Deep sea 600-900mtrs/2-3000 ft in the oxygen minimum zone - It is currently the only animal in the order Vampyromorphida, an order "in between" octopus and squid, mainly due to the addition of sensory filaments believed to be used for finding food in the deep sea - It has eight long arms and two filaments that extend well past the total length of the body and can retract into pockets found in the webbing between the arms - Within the webbing are two pouches wherein the tactile velar filaments are concealed.
Steve Downer
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Southern Elephant Seal - with King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in background

WAT-17064
Southern Elephant Seal - with King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in background
Saint Andrew - South Georgia
Mirounga leonina
M. Watson
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