Trust Your Pilot
“Trust Your Pilot”
One of Ni’ihau’s “Sandbar Sisters” (sandbar shark) cruises the edge of the wall over a 65m/213ft drop off guided by its acting pilot fish. If you notice the scarring on her pectoral fins and gill area that is a significant detail suggesting a shark is a female that has recently involved in breeding. The shark mating process can be rather violent for most species and hard to watch although fascinating to observe such a rarely seen event. Out of the 3 main sandbar sharks that can be commonly seen around this isolated underwater oasis, every year at least one is usually expecting and they seem to always disappear around the first weeks of August, perhaps to give birth.
Ni’ihau, the Forbidden Island, Kingdom of Hawaii - 2015
Size: 3180 x 2214
“Trust Your Pilot”
One of Ni’ihau’s “Sandbar Sisters” (sandbar shark) cruises the edge of the wall over a 65m/213ft drop off guided by its acting pilot fish. If you notice the scarring on her pectoral fins and gill area that is a significant detail suggesting a shark is a female that has recently involved in breeding. The shark mating process can be rather violent for most species and hard to watch although fascinating to observe such a rarely seen event. Out of the 3 main sandbar sharks that can be commonly seen around this isolated underwater oasis, every year at least one is usually expecting and they seem to always disappear around the first weeks of August, perhaps to give birth.
Ni’ihau, the Forbidden Island, Kingdom of Hawaii - 2015
Size: 3180 x 2214
“Trust Your Pilot”
One of Ni’ihau’s “Sandbar Sisters” (sandbar shark) cruises the edge of the wall over a 65m/213ft drop off guided by its acting pilot fish. If you notice the scarring on her pectoral fins and gill area that is a significant detail suggesting a shark is a female that has recently involved in breeding. The shark mating process can be rather violent for most species and hard to watch although fascinating to observe such a rarely seen event. Out of the 3 main sandbar sharks that can be commonly seen around this isolated underwater oasis, every year at least one is usually expecting and they seem to always disappear around the first weeks of August, perhaps to give birth.
Ni’ihau, the Forbidden Island, Kingdom of Hawaii - 2015
Size: 3180 x 2214