Sharks

Dwarfed by a Whale Shark

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March 3, 2015 0 37

nderwater photographer, Alan Sutton, is dwarfed in size alongside a giant Dwarfed whale shark in Kilondoni Bay of Mafia Island’s West...

Feeding Frenzy of Black-Tipped Sharks

Alan Sutton

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March 2, 2015 0 23

A feeding frenzy of black-tipped sharks in South Africa’s Aliwal Shoal. The chilly waters were chummed for cage diving. See additional photos...

Headshot of a Whale Shark

Eric Beaume

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February 10, 2015 0 175

Headshot of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus), photographed while snorkeling off the coast of Mafia Island in Tanzania. Whale sharks are the biggest sharks and the biggest fish in the world...

Feeding Time!

Eric Beaume

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January 27, 2015 0 22

A whale shark feeding on microscopic planktons off the coast of Mafia Island. It's hard to believe that a fish can grow this large without eating other large fish...

Tailing a Whale Shark

Eric Beaume

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January 22, 2015 0 17

A snorkeler "tailing" an ambiguous whale shark off the coast of Mafia Island in Tanzania. The whale shark's tail is about as long as the height of a person, with the overall...

Gentile Giant

Eric Beaume

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January 17, 2015 0 20

A whale shark mafia, also known as the “gentile giant” of the sea, due to it’s massive size and indifference...

Filming a Whale Shark

Alan Sutton

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December 29, 2014 1 99

Renee Blundon swims alongside an elusive whale shark while filming. Photo taken in Kilondoni Bay, off the coast of Mafia...

Whale Shark & Travallies

Eric Beaume

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December 23, 2014 0 65

A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) coasts along Tanzanian waters with a large school of golden trevallies (Gnathanodon speciosus). Golden travallies often congregate whale sharks...

Whale Shark Excursion

Alan Sutton

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December 17, 2014 0 207

erhaps the first known recorded sighting of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off the coast of Mafia Island, was during...

Whale Shark

Alan Sutton

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December 10, 2014 0 35

massive whale shark (Rhincodon typus), photographed off the coast of Mafia Island. In her post Free-Diving with Whale Sharks, Renee Blundon writes, “The...