humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and calf, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific; both mother and baby have remoras, or shark suckers attached to them

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humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and calf, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific; both mother and baby have remoras, or shark suckers attached to underside

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Vava'u, Tonga
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, baby, balaenopteridae, baleen, calf, cetacea, cetacean, clingfish, commensal, doug, echineidae, fish, humpback, juvenile, life, mammal, marine, megaptera, mom, mother, novaeangliae, ocean, pacific, perrine, remora, rorqual, sea, sharksucker, suckerfish, symbiosis, tonga, underwater, vavau, whale, whale-hump-uw-21, whales