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Today's Shark #Finbassador is Shawn Heinrichs, an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, photographer, scuba diver, and marine conservationist! | Shark Week
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Today's Shark #Finbassador is Shawn Heinrichs, an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, photographer, scuba diver, and marine conservationist! | Shark Week
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Marine Protected Areas aren't just 'paper parks.' A new study from the Global FinPrint project reveals that when we enforce these areas, sharks can recover surprisingly quickly--giving us new hope for the fate of sharks. http://vlcn.fyi/9rK030iMMZP | Shawn Heinrichs
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Marine Protected Areas aren't just 'paper parks.' A new study from the Global FinPrint project reveals that when we enforce these areas, sharks can recover surprisingly quickly--giving us new hope for the fate of sharks. http://vlcn.fyi/9rK030iMMZP | Shawn Heinrichs
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Lemon shark cruising over a seagrass meadow, doing its thing to keep the ocean healthy. | Shawn Heinrichs
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Lemon shark cruising over a seagrass meadow, doing its thing to keep the ocean healthy. | Shawn Heinrichs
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Highly evolved apex predator.🦈 Such stunning creatures… #sharkweek #greatwhite #shark #mexico | Shawn Heinrichs
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Highly evolved apex predator.🦈 Such stunning creatures… #sharkweek #greatwhite #shark #mexico | Shawn Heinrichs
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Hammerhead cruising the surface off the coast of New Zealand. While on assignment filming mako sharks for the 2019 #CITES4Sharks proposal, our team was treated to a surprise visit by this beauty. What a magnificent creature. 💙🦈🔨 Shot on DJI | Shawn Heinrichs
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Hammerhead cruising the surface off the coast of New Zealand. While on assignment filming mako sharks for the 2019 #CITES4Sharks proposal, our team was treated to a surprise visit by this beauty. What a magnificent creature. 💙🦈🔨 Shot on DJI | Shawn Heinrichs
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The blue explodes as a marlin rips past, carving through the surface in a blur of muscle and water. A fleeting glimpse of wild power… | Shawn Heinrichs
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The blue explodes as a marlin rips past, carving through the surface in a blur of muscle and water. A fleeting glimpse of wild power… | Shawn Heinrichs
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In our terrestrial world we often say it takes a village to raise a child, and that notion is even more noteworthy for dolphins – where it takes a pod to raise a calf. It isn’t surprising really that dolphins display such similar or perhaps even more dedicated motherly instincts than us humans. As more and more scientists explore the underwater habitats of these brilliant cetaceans, we’re learning just how highly complex their lives are, from their intricate social lives to their extraordinary i
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Dolphins skim the surface alongside a humpback whale, playful spirits escorting a gentle giant across the blue. A glimpse into the bonds that weave life together in the sea. | Shawn Heinrichs
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Mahi on the hunt. Watch until the end for a little surprise! 😆🐟💨💩 #dolphin #mahimahi #fish #ocean | Shawn Heinrichs
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In this wild world of underwater imagery, you can never be too close! 🐟⚡️Every drop in the ocean with billfish gets your heart pumping! 😍🌊 #marlin #fish #baja | Shawn Heinrichs
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In this wild world of underwater imagery, you’re never too close to the action. 🔥🎥 #nature #marlin #ocean #bajacaliforniasur | Shawn Heinrichs
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Drifting quietly with the currents, moon jellies feel like living reminders that survival doesn’t always come from strength or complexity. They move with what is, adapting moment by moment, carrying no past and no plan. As we turn the page into a new year, I find myself thinking about how much we could learn from that kind of presence. Less resistance. More listening. More trust in the flow of the natural world that has sustained life for hundreds of millions of years. The ocean is full of teach
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As one year fades into the next, I find myself reflecting on the moments that slowed me down and shifted my perspective. Time spent observing sperm whales and their social world is one of those experiences that continues to inform how I think about connection, care, and responsibility. Onward. 🐋💙 | Shawn Heinrichs
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Life changing moment with a colossal giant of the deep. Footage taken under government permit. | Shawn Heinrichs
257.7K viewsJul 28, 2022
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The fastest fish in the ocean uses a dagger sharp bill to whack it’s prey into a dazed and vulnerable state. Combine this tool with a sailfish’s speed and you are looking at one of the ocean’s most unique predators. 🗡✨ #sailfish #fish #reels | Shawn Heinrichs
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Mother and baby humpback whales 'whisper' to each other using low-amplitude squeaks and grunts to avoid orcas – their top predator. The quiet communications between mother and calf humpbacks can only be heard from about 330 ft (100 m) away, while a humpback whale song can be heard from over 100 miles (~160km) away! Their whispers can easily be masked by human generated noise, potentially threatening the loss of the pair’s delicate contact. It is vital we continue to protect the soundscape within
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They glide with unmatched grace, a dance of light beneath the waves. Yet this beauty has written them a tragic fate. Every year, the gentle giants of our oceans are hunted, their gill plates coveted, their wings cut, their lives stolen in silence. Manta and devil rays are not just wonders of the sea. They are guardians of balance, vital threads in the tapestry of marine life. This November, world leaders will gather for a rare chance to change their future. Together, we can turn the tide and pro
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Curious humpback coming in for a closer look in the warm, sheltered waters off the coast of Tonga. 🐋 Connecting with a wild animal — these intimate encounters stay with you forever. 💙🐋 | Shawn Heinrichs
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Striped marlin are a stunning feat of nature, hunting sardines with ultimate precision. When the spectacle is over, you're left floating in a cascade of shimmery scales.But it’s not looking great for these beautiful animals. As a result of commercial fishing, the IUCN classifies striped marlin as near threatened with their population trends continuing to decrease, with stocks in some areas showing declines of more than 40%. | Shawn Heinrichs
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The moment I slipped into the water off Mexico, I was surrounded by sailfish, nature’s most elegant hunters. Watching them move together in perfect coordination, corralling schools of baitfish with precision and grace, felt like witnessing a symphony of motion. Filming them in their world is something I will never forget. The way they glide through the blue, their sails illuminated by sunlight, feels like being invited into the ocean’s own dance. Encounters like this remind me just how much life
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Some of the most memorable moments in the ocean are the ones that are not planned or expected. This magical interaction with rough-toothed dolphins really set the bar, allowing us to play and connect with these wild dolphins for well over an hour, until our legs were tired and hearts were full. So immensely grateful for the gifts of Mather Nature! 💚💙🐬💙💚 | Shawn Heinrichs
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Filming on the sardine run is not just about sardines, sharks, and dolphins; it's also about incredible interactions and behaviors of humpback whales, of which an estimated 14,000 migrate annually up along the coast of South Africa. These are magnificent and charismatic beings that often cruise along in large groups, throwing themselves up into the air, twirling and twisting, and in this instance, rolling upside down and tail slapping. We're not exactly sure why they engage in these playful beha
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How do you convert a hunting culture into a tourism culture? Find out by watching Racing Extinction on Hulu >> hulu.com/watch/1047073 | Shawn Heinrichs
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Historic news from CITES CoP20. Whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, and manta and devil rays have now been granted the highest level of protection under CITES Appendix I. This is one of the most significant global wins for endangered marine species in decades. These animals have been pushed toward extinction by international trade in their fins and gills. Today, that changes. Appendix I protection bans all international commercial trade and closes major loopholes that have allowed exploitatio
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As an ocean photographer who has spent countless hours swimming with sharks in waters all over the world, I can tell you this: we’re much more dangerous to them than they are to us. This #SharkWeek, it’s up to us to protect them. Get informed, buy informed. A dead shark sells for $30, living they are worth $250,000 over their lifetime in dive tourism. The fishing industry is terrified of the truth — do not let them silence you. They are corrupt and want the money to keep flowing to them. #worthm
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There is a certain gravity to hammerheads. They don’t rush. They don’t perform. They simply move through the water with confidence shaped by millions of years of evolution. Watching one pass by like this, you feel how perfectly it belongs here, and how much the ocean loses when these animals disappear. | Shawn Heinrichs
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Each time I drop into the ocean and meet the gaze of a manta ray I feel an incredible sense of presence, surrender, and connection. They approach slowly, look you in the eye, and in that moment it feels as though you’re seeing straight into their soul — and they into yours. When you let go and simply be, you’re invited into a shared space of trust and grace with these magnificent beings. 💙 | Shawn Heinrichs
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In the waters of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, whale sharks and manta rays glide effortlessly through the blue. These gentle giants are more than breathtaking to witness; they are vital to the health of our oceans, balancing ecosystems as key predators and filter feeders, and supporting the livelihoods of coastal communities through sustainable ecotourism. But their future is in jeopardy. Whale sharks have declined by more than 50%, while manta rays have suffered catastrophic losses of up to 99% in some
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Sailfish are hailed the fastest fish in the ocean. A dagger sharp bill is used to whack it’s prey into a dazed state making it easier to catch. Combine this tool with their speed and you are looking at one of the ocean’s most unique predators. 🗡✨ | Shawn Heinrichs
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