1116-50331 - A Bengal tigress (Panthera tigris tigris) lies up to her neck in the dark shadows of a water hole. Her name is Maya 'The Enchantress', and she has orange and black stripes with white patches on her head; India
1116-41508 - A look at the bump-like knobs known as tubercles on the top of the head of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Each protuberance contains at least one stiff hair. The purpose of these hairs is not known, though they may provide the whale with a sense of 'touch', Hawaii, United States of America
1116-28996 - Mexico, Guadalupe Island, Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with digital composite of a Snapper (Lutjanus Kasmira) ready to be eaten.
930-6 - Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) spy hopping with half of its body clear of the water with fins and eye visible. Moray Firth, Scotland
930-14 - Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) play fighting with the head of one and tail of the other showing at the surface. Moray Firth, Scotland (RR)
930-8 - Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) play fighting with the tail of one and head of the other, together at the surface. Moray Firth, Scotland
906-10 - Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) preforming "head-out" behaviour, vertical in the water while socialising. This is followed by either disappearing below the surface or turning upside down. Endangered, Ionian Sea, Greece.
1074-11 - Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) lifting its rosturm above the suface and associating with whale watching boat. Slender rostrum and small blow hole typical of minke
995-276 - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female in surf, head just above surface of water while watching young.. Mull of Kintyre near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK
1034-14 - Orca/ Killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98) surfing in wake of Fisheries boat, 5-year old lone male in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.
995-345 - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female in surf, head just above surface of water while watching young.. Mull of Kintyre near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK
985-23 - Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) lunge feeding at the surface. The whale is upside down to the visible part is the lower jaw upside down. Monterey Bay, California, USA
1034-15 - Orca/ Killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98) surfing in wake of Fisheries boat, 5-year old lone male in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.
917-241 - Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire body surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.
985-15 - Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing during feeding with throat groves expanded to engulf water containing their prey. Olafsvik, Iceland.