21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Looming crisis

AmamiOshima Kagoshima JAPAN Story:I We managed to encounter a flock of spotted dolphins that preyed on a flock of candlesticks. Spotted dolphins living in the pelagic are very wary and will not let them get close even when they are preying. Candlesticks are fish that live in deep waters and are not often on the surface. It will be difficult to witness the same thing in any ocean in the world in the future. I am grateful to have encountered this situation.

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Date Taken: 03.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: kagoshima, Japan
Copyright: © Daichi shimada