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Breaching Shark Picture (National Geographic)
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"With its perfect symmetry, huge tail, and torpedo shape, the yellowfin tuna is capable of huge speeds to capture its prey and escape the attention of the mako sharks and marlin," photographer Chris Fallows said. "One of the most recent highlights has been free-diving with 40 yellowfin ... for more than two hours, while they fed on fish less than a few feet away from us."

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