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Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

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Basking shark swimming

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark swimming

© Howard Hall / gettyimages.com
Basking shark swimming just below the surface

© Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding just below the surface

© Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding

© Douglas David Seifert / www.ardea.com
Basking shark feeding

© Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding, side view

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding, mouth detail

© Alan James / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding, mouth detail

© Howard Hall / SeaPics.com
Basking shark feeding, mouth detail

© Anthony John Crabtree / gettyimages.com
Basking shark feeding

© Jeff Rotman / naturepl.com
Basking shark, showing tail

© Alan James / naturepl.com
Basking sharks swimming

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark feeding at waters surface

© Alex Mustard / naturepl.com
Basking shark gills

© Alan James / naturepl.com
Basking shark gill rakers

© Dan Burton / naturepl.com
Basking shark in coastal feeding habitat

© Michael Pitts / naturepl.com
Basking shark swimming, showing dorsal fin

© Michael Durham / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Basking shark, dorsal view

© Chris Gomersall / naturepl.com
Basking shark filter feeding at surface

© Chris Gomersall / naturepl.com
Basking shark with parasitic lampreys

© Jonathan Bird / SeaPics.com
Basking shark remains on beach

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk

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