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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Divers. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver and Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Image was taken in 1988 when little was known about whale sharks. Touching whale sharks is now considered inappropriate behavior. Whale Sharks are found in tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth - and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of Whale Shark dorsal fin (Rhincodon typus) with transmitting device attached. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Surviving Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with extreme scarring on upper surface. Wound most likely caused by ship propeller. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Surviving Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with extreme scarring on upper surface. Wound most likely caused by ship propeller. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Snorkel Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with schooling Herring around head and mouth. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with schooling Trevally around head and mouth. Ningaloo Reef Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver and Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Image was taken in 1988 when little was known about whale sharks. Touching whale sharks is now considered inappropriate behavior. Whale Sharks are found in tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with mouth open in feeding position. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) showing close detail of eye and spiracle. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Scuba Diver. Indo-Pacific. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) showing close detail of male reproductive claspers. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver observing Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot Fish around mouth. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) silhouetted. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Snorkel Diver. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Indo-Pacific. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding in plankton rich water off Holbox Island, Mexico. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding in plankton rich water off Holbox Island, Mexico. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding in plankton rich water off Holbox Island, Mexico. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with snorkeler. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at Palm Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at Palm Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with snorkeler. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at Palm Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico
© Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com |
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