Whaleshark Coming Up Towards The Nets

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

Close-up of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, stuck in a fishing net under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, 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

Large fish attraction device made of cylindrical pipes under the Whale Shark Centre, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean