Underwater fish tornado

Underwater fish tornado

By Deborah Byrd

Source: earthsky

1/28/2013

Photographer and marine biologist Octavio Aburto took this amazing video of the at Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico, in the course of studying the courtship behavior of a species of Jack fish
Also, check out Aburto’s still photo which he entitled it “David and Goliath.”

Aburto said he hopes the image will foster appreciation for the marine universe, for Cabo Pulmo National Park in particular, and will “bring attention to other successful marine reserves, especially in Latin America.”

Mission Blue has an interview with Aburto, explaining how his scientific background inspired him to snap the mysterious imagery. Among other things, Aburto said:

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