Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis). Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) searching for prey. Also known as Golden Sea Snake. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Endangered species listed on IUCN Red list.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Endangered species listed on IUCN Red list.
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Unusual aggregation of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) during annual breeding season. Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Jellyfish. Note how plastic bags could easily be mistaken for Jellyfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide.
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Listed as Endangered Species on the IUCN Red List.
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Aerial view of Heart Reef. Central Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Aerial view of Yule Detached Reef. Far Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Aerial view showing lagoon detail. Wistari Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Aerial view of Bait Reef dive site near Hayman Island. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Aerial view of channel between Hook and Hardy Reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Aerial view showing detail of Wistari Reef Lagoon. Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Coastal Seascape. Twelve Apostles sea stacks at sunset. Near Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia
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The Dock, an extensive lichen (Caloplaca sp.) covered granite boulder coastline, with Mount Killiecrankie in distant background. Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical waters, but also can be found in temperate waters. Largest type of ray in the world, recorded at over 7.6 metres (26ft) across. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable IUCN Red List, protected in Australia.
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) feeding. Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable IUCN Red List, protected in Australia.
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at Fish Rock, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at Fish Rock, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Found throughout the world in tropical and warm temperate seas. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Underwater photographer observing a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Found in Tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), feeding on the remains of a Sperm Whale carcass, drifting in Great Barrier Reef waters, Qld, Australia. Found in Tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas.
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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.
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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.
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Also known as Blacktip Shark. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Also known as Blacktip Shark and Guliman. Found in tropical waters throughout the Indo-West and Central Pacific. Photo taken at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, situated off Western Australia, Australia
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Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus maculatus) - surrounded by schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus maculatus). Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus), resting motionless under a ledge whilst surrounded by schooling Cardinalfish. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens). Also known as Sharptooth Shark. Found throught the Indian Ocean and central Pacific, including tropical Australian waters. Occasionally sighted off Perth (WA). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Golden Trevelly (Gnathonodon speciosus) swimming as 'pilot' fish with a Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens) also known as Sharptooth Shark. This Trevelly species is found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Heron Island Great Barrier Reef Australia
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), emerging from a sandy bottom. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Diver observing a Black Stingray (Dasyatis thetidis). Also known as Thorntail Stingray, Black Stingaree, Black Skate and Longtail Stingray. Photo taken beneath Rye Pier, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
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Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicuiaris), mother and baby. Also known as Bali Monkey. Photo taken at Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicuiaris), mother and baby. Also known as Bali Monkey. Photo taken at Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicuiaris), mother and baby. Also known as Bali Monkey. Photo taken at Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Warrumbungle National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) - feeding on flowering Paterson's Curse. Warrumbungle National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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