Greenland shark or Greenland sleeper shark ( Somniosus microcephalus ) and photographer St. Lawrence River, Canada; parasitic copepod on eye of shark

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Greenland shark or Greenland sleeper shark ( Somniosus microcephalus ) and photographer St. Lawrence River estuary Canada; parasitic copepod ( Ommatokoita elongata ) attached to eye of shark; (this shark was wild & unrestrained it was not hooked and tail-roped as in most or all photos from the Arctic), MR 373

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Quebec, Canada
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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