18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Synchronized Swimming

This photograph portrays the relationship between a sea turtle and remora. At Maho Bay, St. John, most every turtle we encountered also had a remora attached to the turtle's shell. When the turtle surfaced, the remora wasn't ever far behind, trying to keep up.

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Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: St. John, USVI, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Copyright: © LaDon Paige