whitetip shark (Triaenodon obesus) feeding frenzy at Isla Manuelita, Isla de Coco, Cocos Island Costa Rica : December 25, 2005

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The trip to Cocos Island, Costa Rica
aboard the Sea Hunter
December 25, 2005

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Aboard the Sea Hunter

Isla Maunelita
Orly Klapfer & Kathryn Cody
look out at Isla Manuelita
on Christmas morning

the Undersea Hunter
heads through the passage
between Isla del Coco
and Isla Manuelita

submarine DeepSee

Avi & Orly Klapfer
with pilot Nico Ghersinich return
from the first dive of DeepSee
submarine DeepSee with
the surface support and tow boat
Ofer Ketter inspects the hoist
attachment to DeepSee before
it is hoisted back onto the
Sea Hunter for the night

Avi Klapfer inspects DeepSee
and the charging system

Isla Manuelita

Blue-and-Gold Snapper
(Lutjanus viridis)
A Golden Yellow Sailfin Grouper
(Mycteroperca olfax)
Bluefin Trevally
(Caranx melampygus)
Bigscale Soldierfish
(Myripristis berndti)
and Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

Night Dive at Isla Manuelita

feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
a sleeping Bicolor Parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
and a Red Spiny Lobster
(Panulirus penicillatus)
Red Spiny Lobster
(Panulirus penicillatus)
Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)
Red Spiny Lobster
(Panulirus penicillatus)
Red Spiny Lobster
(Panulirus penicillatus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks
(Triaenodon obesus)

The trip to Cocos Island

Aboard the Sea Hunter
Isla Maunelita	Orly Klapfer & Kathryn Cody look out at Isla Manuelita on Christmas morning	the Undersea Hunter heads through the passage between Isla del Coco and Isla Manuelita	submarine DeepSee
Avi & Orly Klapfer with pilot Nico Ghersinich return from the first dive of DeepSee	submarine DeepSee with the surface support and tow boat	Ofer Ketter inspects the hoist attachment to DeepSee before it is hoisted back onto the Sea Hunter for the night	Avi Klapfer inspects DeepSee and the charging system
Isla Manuelita
Blue-and-Gold Snapper (Lutjanus viridis)	A Golden Yellow Sailfin Grouper (Mycteroperca olfax)	Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)	Bigscale Soldierfish (Myripristis berndti) and Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
Night Dive at Isla Manuelita
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)	a sleeping Bicolor Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)
Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) and a Red Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus)	Red Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus)	Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)	Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)
feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)	Red Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus)	Red Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus)	feeding Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus)