A batfish with remora, taken in the Seyshelles. HILARIOUS shots have revealed tiny underwater critters appearing to hitch a lift on their larger counterparts. The series of macro shots show colourful marine life resting on top of each other and one even shows a clownfish with a parasite sitting inside its mouth. In another picture, a moray eel sits with a clear cleaner shrimp tickling its lips and a giant octopus also seems to have acquired the same shrimp friend who has perched above its eye. Other stunning photos show a pair Coleman shrimps on top of a fire sea urchin and an orange nudibranc


A batfish with remora, taken in the Seyshelles. HILARIOUS shots have revealed tiny underwater critters appearing to hitch a lift on their larger counterparts. The series of macro shots show colourful marine life resting on top of each other and one even shows a clownfish with a parasite sitting inside its mouth. In another picture, a moray eel sits with a clear cleaner shrimp tickling its lips and a giant octopus also seems to have acquired the same shrimp friend who has perched above its eye. Other stunning photos show a pair Coleman shrimps on top of a fire sea urchin and an orange nudibranch complete with an emperor shrimp as a hat. The stunning images were taken by advanced open water instructor, Natalie Bondarenko from Moscow, Russia. Natalie Bondarenko /


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Keywords: diving, fish, macro, marine, parasites, photography, shrimp, underwater