Whale sharks are a fairly rare site. You don’t see great whites all that often either. Seeing them together is even more rare. On a recent trip to Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja, Mexico, Ventura County, California-based photographer Carlos Gauna captured imagery of a great white shark and a whale shark swimming together.
Guadalupe Island is of course a great white shark breeding ground. They roam the island to feed on seals and birth their young. Meanwhile, whale sharks are much bigger, and known as filter feeders as they suck plankton, small fish, and tiny shrimp into their large mouths. “This island is likely the best place in the world to view great white sharks,” says Gauna whose drone videos of great whites in Southern California often go viral. “However, in my time there, it was the other species that intrigued me in this magical place. Not only did I see white sharks and a whale shark together, I also found one of the rarest whales on the planet.”
His stunning footage is a tribute to the stunning ecosystem that is Guadalupe Island.
