Filter Feeding Collection

Whale Shark - mouth open feeding, & diver. Australia. Worldwide
VT-6318 WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long. Australia - Worldwide. North West coast Australia. Ningaloo Marine Park

Basking Shark DSE 15 Certorhinus maximus - Isle of Man © Douglas David Seifert ARDEA LONDON
DSE-15 BASKING SHARK - MOUTH OPEN Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Distribution: Cool to warm temperate waters, Worldwide Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display

WHALE SHARK - in bait ball
DSE-74 WHALE SHARK - in bait ball Ningaloo Reef, W. Australia Rhincodon typus Whale Shark is the largest fish. Its a harmless, filter-feeder

Basking Shark - Isle of Man
DSE-12 BASKING SHARK - MOUTH OPEN Isle of Man Cetorhinus maximus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Blue Whale - Gulp feeding, pleats full. San Diego, California, USA
DOC-227 Blue WHALE - underwater, gulp feeding with full pleats San Diego, California, USA Balaenoptera musculus Doc White Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Manta Ray - with sucker fish (remora) attached Pacific Ocean, Mexico. SPE00311
AU-19-MS Pacific Manta Ray - with remoras. filter feeding Manta birostris Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Humpback whale - Cooperative feeding, or bubble-net feeding Inside Passage, Southeast Alaska. Morning mist. Inside
FG-da-257 Humpback whale - Cooperative feeding, or bubble-net feeding Inside Passage, Southeast Alaska. Morning mist. Megaptera novaeangliae Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal

Striped mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) shoal swimming with open mouths, filtering for zooplankton. Marsa Shouna, Port Ghalib, Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

Reef manta (Manta alfredi) mouth open feeding at night, South Ari atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) mouth open filter feeding at the surface, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico, Caribbean Sea

Manta ray (Mobula alfredi) feeding on plankton aggregated in the lights from a boat at night, North Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding close to fishermens boats in the early morning, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) throat inflated, filter feeding at sea surface. California, USA. Sequence 1 of 2

Whale Shark - feeding, front view, mouth open, with divers. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
DSE-70 WHALE SHARK - feeding, front view, mouth open, with divers Ningaloo Reef, W. Australia Rhincodon typus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Whale Shark - Shark swimming with big mouth open, filter feeding just under surface. Ningaloo reef, Western Australia
VT-8593 Whale Shark - Shark swimming with big mouth open, filter feeding just under surface. Ningaloo reef, Western Australia

Whale Shark - With mouth wide open, shark is filter feeding in tropical waters
VT-6280 Whale SHARK - mouth open for filter feeding Tropical waters, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia Rhincodon typus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Basking Shark DSE 23 Isle of Man Certorhinus maximus © Douglas David Seifert / ARDEA LONDON
DSE-23 BASKING SHARK - MOUTH OPEN Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Basking Shark DSE 26 Isle of Man Certorhinus maximus © Douglas David Seifert / ARDEA LONDON
DSE-26 BASKING SHARK & JELLYFISH Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grey Whale Baleen, hang from upper part of the mouth
FG-4071 Grey WHALE - baleen, hang from upper part of the mouth Eschrichtius robustus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Finger-shaped clusters of Ritters Radianthus or Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica)

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding underwater off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Moose (Alces alces) cow in pond breaks from filter feeding and stares at camera, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Filter feeding porcelain crab
A porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. The crab is holding up its filter feeding arms into the current to catch food

Greater Flamingoes CRH 936 Feeding from the steamy hot spring waters of a rift valley soda lake Lake Bogoria
CRH-936 Greater Flamingos - feeding at the steamy hot spring waters of a rift valley soda lake. Lake Bogoria, Kenya Phoenicopterus ruber Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display

Greater Flamingo - feeding. Pont de Gau Park - Saintes Maries de la Mer - France
WAT-16370 Greater Flamingo - feeding. Pont de Gau Park - Saintes Maries de la Mer - France Phoenicopterus ruber M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Humpback Whale - feeding
FG-7542 HUMPBACK WHALE - FEEDING Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale FG 7542 Feeding Megaptera novaeangliae Francois Gohier / ARDEA LONDON Humpback Whale - feeding A3 Francois Gohier Please note

Tube Worms - Indonesia
VT-8961 Tube Worms - feeding Indonesia Polychaeta sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Holothurian - the mouth of a sand dwelling holothurian. Pentacta sp. This animal feeds itself by gathering plankton
VT-8926 Holothurian - the mouth of a sand dwelling holothurian Indonesia Pentacta sp. This animal feeds itself by gathering plankton with it's sticky branch like fingers then licking them clean

Soft Coral - this animal is sweeping the current with its sticky flower like fingers - found at 30 meters off a coral
VT-8933 Soft Coral - this animal is sweeping the current with its sticky flower like fingers Indonesia Scleronephthya, sp

Sea Cucumber North Atlantic
PM-7603 Sea Cucumber North Atlantic Cucumaria frondosa Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Goose Barnacle Europe & USA
FG-4735 Common Goose Barnacle Europe & USA Lepas anatifera Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Goose Barnacle - an indicator species for sea acidity levels, which is increasing more rapidly than predicted &
FG-4736 Common Goose Barnacle - an indicator species for sea acidity levels, which is increasing more rapidly than predicted & threatens many coral & larger barnacle species Lepas anatifera Francois

Sabellid Tube Worms - filter feeders
KA-335 Sabellid Tube Worms - filter feeders Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Malaysia (RR)
Mark Caney / SplashdownDirect

Caribbean Flamingo KF 7655 Shows feeding action Phoenicoptrus r. ruber © Kenneth W. Fink ARDEA LONDON
KF-7655 West Indian / American / Caribbean / Greater FLAMINGO - showing feeding action Distribution: Central and South America

Blue Whale FG 12024 Feeding. On its side, showing distended throat pleats Balaenoptera musculus © Francois Gohier
FG-12024 BLUE WHALE - feeding On its side, showing distended throat pleats Balaenoptera musculus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Greater Flamingo - Feeding - Camargue
ROG-13061 Greater Flamingo - Feeding Camargue, France Phoenicopterus ruber Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Basking Shark Isle of man
DSE-25 Basking Shark - filter feeding Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Basking Shark Isle of Man
DSE-18 Basking Shark - filter feeding Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

greater Flamingo - feeding USA
CAN-2739 Greater FLAMINGO - feeding USA Phoenicopteru ruber Phoenicopterus ruber John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Greater Flamingo. Feeding. Namibia
WAT-8130 Greater Flamingo - Feeding Namibia, Africa Phoenicopterus ruber M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Greater Flamingo - in water feeding. El Rocio, Coto Donana National park, Spain
WAT-12492 Greater Flamingo - in water feeding. El Rocio, Coto Donana National park, Spain Phoenicopterus ruber M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Chilean Flamingo - group in water
WAT-12491 Chilean Flamingo - group in water Phoenicopterus chilensis M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Greater Flamingo. Floreana Island. galapagos Islands
WAT-10345 Greater Flamingo. Feeding in water. Floreana Island. Galapagos Islands. Phoenicopterus ruber M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Plankton feeding mackerel - Like whales, these fish suck plankton from the open water by swimming very fast in close
VT-8452 Long-jawed / Striped / Indian MACKEREL - feeding on Plankton Papua New Guinea Rastrelliger kanagurta These fish suck plankton from the open water by swimming very fast in close formation

Greater Flamingo - feeding West Coast, Namibia, Africa
VAN-81 Greater FLAMINGO - feeding in water West Coast, Namibia, Africa Phoenicopterus ruber Ingrid Van den Berg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Chilean Flamingo - Adults and immature (left). South America. Photographed in Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina
FG-ea-651 Chilean Flamingo - Adults and immature (left) South America. Photographed in Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina Phoenicopterus ruber chilensis Francois Gohier Please note that prints

Greater Flamingo - Feeding in shallow lake Floreana island, Galapagos BI002211
COS-808 Greater Flamingo - feeding in shallow lake Floreana / Santa Maria / Charles island, Galapagos Phoenicopterus ruber Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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"Discover the Majestic World of Filter Feeding: From Whale Sharks to Manta Rays" Witness the awe-inspiring sight of a Whale Shark, mouth wide open, gracefully filtering gallons of water for its nourishment. This incredible phenomenon can be observed in Australia and is witnessed worldwide by lucky divers. Venture to the Isle of Man and encounter the magnificent Basking Shark as it peacefully filters plankton from the surrounding waters. These gentle giants, like their Whale Shark counterparts, play a vital role in maintaining marine ecosystems. Captured by Douglas David Seifert ARDEA LONDON, an image showcases a Basking Shark (DSE 15 Certorhinus maximus) exhibiting its filter feeding technique off the coast of Isle of Man. A true testament to nature's wonders. In San Diego, California, USA, marvel at the Blue Whale's impressive gulp feeding strategy. Its colossal pleats expand as it engulfs massive amounts of water filled with tiny organisms that sustain this largest creature on Earth. Embark on a journey to Mexico's Pacific Ocean and witness Manta Rays elegantly gliding through the waters with remoras attached to them. These symbiotic relationships showcase nature's intricate balance. Be mesmerized by an extraordinary sight - a Whale Shark amidst a bait ball frenzy. Witness how these gentle giants navigate through schools of fish while effortlessly filtering their prey. Observe Striped Mackerel swimming together in perfect harmony with mouths agape, skillfully filtering out microscopic organisms that abound in their surroundings. Travel to Amboseli National Park in Kenya and admire Lesser Flamingos flocking together in vast numbers against Mount Kilimanjaro's breathtaking backdrop. Watch as they feed collectively on algae-rich lakes using their unique filter-feeding mechanisms. Quintana Roo offers another opportunity to witness awe-inspiring filter feeding moments as majestic Whale Sharks surface-feed near fishermen boats during early mornings. An unforgettable experience connecting humans and marine life.