oceanic whitetip shark, Critically Endangered Species (IUCN), accompanying a pod of short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Kona Hawaii

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oceanic whitetip shark, Critically Endangered Species (IUCN), accompanying a pod of short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, off the North Kona Coast of Hawaii Island ( the Big Island ), Hawaiian Islands, ( Central Pacific Ocean )

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Size: 9504px × 6336px
Location: Kona, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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