British photographer and kayaker Duncan Murrell paddles close to humpback whales to shoot them feeding off the coast of Alaska

Young humpback whale with mouth gaping wide to take in water. It’s baleen will filter out the food.

Kaikōura is one of the few places in the world where whales can be seen year-round & close to shore, including Sperm Whales, Humpback Whales.

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BASKING SHARK.The Basking Shark is the second largest fish in our oceans - the Whale Shark being the biggest. Despite their size, Basking Sharks actually feed on plankton which they filter out of the water, swimming slowly back and forth with their enormous mouths wide open. They are most commonly seen in the summer, when they gather in British waters. Found all around our coasts, but most frequently sited around the south-west of England, Wales, Isle of Man and west coast of Scotland

Learn about the 14 different species of baleen whales, including northern and southern right whales, humpback whales, minke whales, and blue whales.

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Pareidolia is not just a simple mind trick making you see funny faces on things when there actually are none. It's no sign of psychosis coming your way either, but rather a quite complex, pre-historical self-defense mechanism. Yes, it's true, seeing unlikely faces helped our ancestors survive; if you presumed that the rustling bush has a saber-toothed tigers' face hidden behind the leaves, chances are you'd run and save yourself if there actually was a beast lurking in the greenery.

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