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Photographs from Teach Live

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Colourful Wrasse

Reef fish

Dugong surfacing for air

Two types of coral

Fish under protection of the reef

From the deep blue sea

A teacher diving

Whale shark swimming

Whale Shark cruising along

A happy group of people after a successful day of Whale Shark watching and swimming

Mrs Levett, Mrs Lynn and the Woodside Earthwatch Team

After a Whale Shark is spotted by a spotter plane it is a mad dash to have a swim with it.

The Chase is on

You might see this van around the place.

Ecocean Van

On Monday the weather stopped the whale shark boats going out so the group went for a swim at Bundegi

Swimming at Bundegi

Although we would have loved to swim with the Manta Ray it was too flighty so we didn't get the chance

Manta Ray

Whale Sharks swim through the water with their mouth open to collect plankton from the water.

Whale Shark feeding

If a Whale Shark is threatening it will quickly swim away. Maybe I just wasn't swimming quickly enough.

Whale Shark swimming away

Notice the small fish that use the whale shark for protection

Whale shark and small fish

The scar caused when a very big shark (probably either a Great White Shark or Tiger Shark) took a huge bite losing most of the dorsal (top) fin and a large amount of the back. The whale shark appears to have recovered quite well.

Close up of the scar on "No-Back Jack"

Whale sharks feed by filtering large amounts of water through their open mouth. The plankton is collected by their gill rakers that are hair like filters.

Whale Shark feeding

Because only 10 people can swim with the whale shark at a time and there they may be more than one boat wanting to swim patience is sometimes required

Getting ready and waiting for snorkelling