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American Crocodile catching a breath at Chinchorro Atoll, MX. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snork/american-crocodiles/

Ornate Wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/ornate-wobbegong-shark/

Spotted Wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/spotted-wobbegong-shark/

And then the mist cleared... American crocodile, Chinchorro Atoll, MX. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snork/american-crocodiles/

Whale Shark tail blade. Isla Mujeres, MX. https://bigfishexpeditions.com/tri/snorkeling/whale-sharks/

Roughtooth Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) remind me of plesiosaurs because they lack the fold between the front of their 'melon' and their beak. Cool cetaceans! Utila, Honduras.

Smallspotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/smallspotted-catshark/

Japanese Wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/japanese-wobbegong-shark/

False Orcas (Pseudorca crassidens) Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

Hanging out with a big croc at Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snork/american-crocodiles/

Dark Shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/dark-shyshark/

Banded Wobbegong (Orectolobus halei) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/banded-wobbegong-shark/

Redspotted Catshark (Shroederichthys chilensis) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/redspotted-catshark/

Smooth Hammerhead near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Always nice to see one or two of these on our Mako trips. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

One of many Banded Houndsharks in Chiba, Japan. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/japan-shark-safari/

Tasselled Wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/tasselled-wobbegong/

Great Hammerhead at Tiger Beach, Bahamas. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/tiger-shark-diving/

A mother polar bear with her two cubs keeps a wary eye on the primate with the camera in Churchill, Canada. https://bigfishexpeditions.com/tri/terrestrial/polar-bears/

Back in black. Shortfin Mako, Baja, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Speckled Carpetshark (Hemiscyllium trispeculare) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/speckled-carpetshark/

Henry’s Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium henryi) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/henrys-epaulette-shark/

Spotted Wobbegong. Green Island, NSW, Australia.

Halmahera Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium halmahera) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/halmahera-epaulette-shark/

Resident Melon-headed Whales (actually dolphins) in Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba/melon-headed-whales/

Raja Ampat Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/raja-ampat-epaulette-shark/

Tasselled Wobbegong Shark in Raja Ampat.

A pair of Pygmy Blue Whales in Sri Lanka. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//sno/blue-whale-snorkeling/

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Field Guide: https://sharksandrays.com/brownbanded-bamboo-shark/

Pile of Rocks Shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) Exmouth, Western Australia.

Halmahera Epaulette Shark. Found only in the Maluku Islands in northern Indonesia.

Whitespotted Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/whitespotted-bamboo-shark/

Oceanic whitetip shark at Cat Island in the Bahamas. The reason Cat Island has this species while other well known Bahamian shark diving islands do not, is the incredible depth. A few hundred meters from shore, the ocean plummets into the abyss, thousands of meters below. Oceanics are blue water hunters that spend most of their time near the surface of the deep blue desert far from shore. That is what they are used to, so they get claustrophobic when stuck between the surface and a shallow reef. At Cat Island that isn't an issue. They can be close to shore and swimming in bottomless water at the same time. :) Join us there next April: https://bigfishexpeditions.com//s/oceanic-whitetip-sharks/

Galapagos Shark at Roca Partida (Socorro), Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//sc/giant-mantas-humpbacks/

Arabian Carpetshark (Chiloscyllium arabicum) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/arabian-carpetshark/

Thats a big sardine!

Pacific Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma unami) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/pacific-nurse-shark/

The Common/Caribbean Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database. Not a particularly 'wow' species for most divers but I love seeing these cute puppies on the reef: https://sharksandrays.com/nurse-shark/

Pacific nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma unami) warming up in a turbid, intertidal reef channel near Isla Catalina on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. Unlike their photo-bombing Caribbean cousins, it is not easy to get shots of these guys! https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scu/humpback-whale-diving/

Belugas on the sandy bottom of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba.

Smooth Hammerhead near Cabo, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Nice little blue shark cruising along near Cabo, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Great hammerhead. Bahamas. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/tiger-shark-diving/

White shark swimming past the booby feet (the little white squiggles) at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/great-white-sharks/

Southern Right Whale mother and calf. Valdez Peninsula, Argentina. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//sno/southern-right-whales/

Oceanic Whitetip Shark near Cat Island, Bahamas. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//s/oceanic-whitetip-sharks/

Nurse Shark at sunset in the Bahamas. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/tiger-shark-diving/

Crocodylus acutus at dusk at Banco Chinchorro, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snork/american-crocodiles/

Baby West Indian Manatee nursing from momma.

Smalltooth Sandtiger Sharks at 65m in Malpelo, Colombia.

Sandtiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/sandtiger-shark/

Sandtiger Shark on the Atlas wreck in North Carolina.

Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/porbeagle-shark/

Blue sharks off the Western Cape, South Africa. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//south-african-endemic-sha/

Sandtiger on The Atlas (wreck), North Carolina, USA.

An enormous bull sperm whale emerging from the mist in La Paz Bay, Baja. Funny story: we were out in the chase boat looking for whale sharks. The spotter plane thought it was a rather large one and radioed to the skipper who told me which way I should swim. A minute later I found myself nose-to-nose with this behemoth. The whale started echo locating at me; I guess to figure out what I was. It felt like someone was hitting an anvil with a hammer inside my body. Crazy feeling! After maybe a minute, the whale rolls to one side and slowly swims off. Epic :)

Spurdogs (Spiny Dogfish Sharks) off Rhode Island, USA.

Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/salmon-shark/

Bottlenose Dolphins at Socorro Island, South of Baja, Mexico. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//sc/giant-mantas-humpbacks/

Salmon shark in the snow. Prince William Sound, Alaska. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba/salmon-shark-diving/

Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/shortfin-mako-shark/

The latest Big Fish Expeditions Newsletter just went out to our subscribers. If you're not on the list but want to know whats coming up next year, here is a link: https://mailchi.mp/6211fa27c/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel

Virungas Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti). Mgahinga National Park, Uganda. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//terrest/mountain-gorillas/

Polar bear next to our truck in Churchill, Canada. https://bigfishexpeditions.com/tri/terrestrial/polar-bears/

Breaching American Crocodile. Chinchorro Atoll, MX. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snork/american-crocodiles/

Shortfin Mako, Baja, MX. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Galapagos Bullhead Shark near Fernandina Island, Ecuador.

Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/basking-shark/

Dome ports can be replaced. Images last forever ;) Shortfin Mako Shark, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Join us there next March: https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Blacktip Sharks at Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//south-african-endemic-sha/

Ocean wanderer. Carcharhinus longimanus. Cat Island, Bahamas. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//s/oceanic-whitetip-sharks/

White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/great-white-shark/

Great Hammerhead incoming. https://bigfishexpeditions.com//scuba-/tiger-shark-diving/

Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap.... Wild Coast, South Africa, during the Sardine Run.

Banded Wobbegong (Orectolobus halei). Aka Gulf Wobbegong. At Fish Rock, NSW, Australia.

Shortfin Mako near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Best place in the world to snorkel with makos. Join us there: https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/pelagic-thresher-shark/

Smooth Hammerhead near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We often see these awesome sharks on our blue and mako shark trips: https://bigfishexpeditions.com//snorkel/makos-blue-sharks/

Zebra Bullhead Shark (Heterodontus zebra) added to the NEW Shark and Ray Database: https://sharksandrays.com/zebra-bullhead-shark/

Southern Right Whale grazing the surface, with Peninsula Valdez in the background. Join us there next August! https://bigfishexpeditions.com//sno/southern-right-whales/