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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Thomas Peschak

Sharks: feared or revered, but rarely understood – in pictures

Sharks: Sharks Whale Sharks Pollution plastic bags
Pollution kills: as filter feeders, whale sharks are prone to ingesting waste plastic. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: Sharks bull shark butchered
A fish market butcher severs the fin of a large bull shark. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: Sharks whale
A whale shark approaches the lights of a small fishing boat in Djibouti's Gulf of Tadjoura. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: Sharks great white
A great white shark approaches a marine biologist in a yellow sea kayak, Shark Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: Sharks Hammerhead
A sad fate: a great hammerhead shark caught off Oman’s remote Musandam peninsula. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: sharks blacktip shark
A blacktip shark approaches a surfer. This encounter is part of a series of tests to develop a surfboard with a built-in electronic shark repellent. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: Sharks fins
Shark fins are in great demand for shark fin soup, one of the world's priciest seafood dishes. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak/Thomas P. Peschak
Sharks: sharks bronze whaler shark
A bronze whaler shark charges into a baitball of sardines off South Africa's east coast. Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak
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