Underwater

by Rebecca on November 11, 2009

polar bear at play at a zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany,

A Polar bear dives underwater.

Wildlife photographer James D. Watt photographing Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Pacific Ocean. A moment of contact. This fully-grown, 50 foot female humpback whale was so curious she sought physical contact with this diver. She was so big and m

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother with calf accompanied by another whale, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. A moment of contact. This fully-grown, 50 foot female humpback whale was so curious she sought physical contact with this diver. She was so big

Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan

A diver has captured a photograph of a great white shark approaching his camera with a toothy grin like that of Bruce, the terror of the 2003 film Finding Nemo

Moksha Bybee swims with Balavan a one year old Tiger at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Odin, the white Bengal Tiger, dives underwater for food at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in San Francisco.

A beluga whale exhails a bubble ring as part of a performance at the aquarium AQUAS in Hamada, some 700 km (434 miles) southwest from Tokyo, on July 26, 2008. Beluga whales in a Japanese aquarium have attracted thousands of visitors this summer but not b