Fisherman Drops Bucket Into Water Beside Whale Shark

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims past the camera while covered in remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims up and over the camera showing its white belly and numerous hitchhiking remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding vertically beneath a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim far below in the blue, panning to a third swimming beside the camera, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A fisherman squeezes a handful of fish to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)

A fisherman pours water into a cooler filled with fish to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)