humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother & calf, Kohala, Hawaii Island ( Big Island ), USA ( Pacific ); rainbow runners, Elagatis bipinnulata

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humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother & calf, Kohala, Hawaii Island ( the Big Island ), USA ( Central Pacific Ocean ); some rainbow runners, Elagatis bipinnulata, are swimming around the mother; they feed on loose skin and possibly ecto-parasites from the whales

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Size: 7952px × 5304px
Location: Kohala, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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