old friends by kymarto

Photography • Animals • posted on Dec 22, 2008

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

So much is made of the competition for survival, without due attention paid to the wonderful cooperation and trust which also exists all around us. South Africa.

Comments (18)

)

FireLily

8:22AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Beautiful picture of a wonderful mutualism between these gorgeous creatures. This type of relationship is more common in nature than people realize. Thanks for posting this very meaningful picture Toby. :)

)

DAVER2112

8:36AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Wow! Great shot!! :)

)

MrsRatbag

8:46AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Awesome capture!

)

Firesnuffer

9:30AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

OOOH a terrific capture, indeed!!!

)

kymarto

9:48AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

This mutualism exists all over the place. I have video of a hammerhead shark cleaning station in the Galapagos, shot on one of my dives there. Hammerheads are quite skittery, and they hate the sound of diver's bubbles, so it is necessary to plant yourself with a rock about 15 meters down and wait silently for them to appear. By fortunate accident, I was right in front of a cleaning station manned by cleaner fish. It was pretty awesome to see those wonderfully grotesque 2-3 meter beasts glide in silently at idle while a bevy of little helpers rushed to clean them from gills to tail, then move on, as the little guys rushed over to the next shark in line. Actually it reminded me of nothing so much as pulling in to a gas station in the Fifties: Three attendants in uniform with bowties would rush out--one to clean the windshield, one to check the tires and under the hood, and one to pump the ethyl gas (refined from Texas crude) at 24 2/3 cents a gallon. Free maps and wildflower seeds and not a carbon footprint in sight ;-)

)

Lashia

9:56AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

an amazing photographic moment. I love how still the gazelle looks, like he's waiting patiently for the bird to finish. Love this shot, very clear and very well done. Beautiful.

)

Octaganoid

10:02AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Well said !! And a beautiful photograph too !

)

karlabu

10:54AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Wonderful docu pic of mutualism - if only mankind would learn from this...

MrsLubner

11:15AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Both subjects are so very well focused and composed! Stellar shot!

)

durleybeachbum

1:22PM | Mon, 22 December 2008

A wonderful pic!

wingnut55

2:30PM | Mon, 22 December 2008

i agree ! that must be a nasty place to have tick...

)

THROBBE

5:40PM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Beautiful unique image!

)

kansas

9:09PM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Such a wonderful photo! Your tale about the sharks and cleaner fish is interesting. Must have been a spectacular experience. Thanks for sharing it and your photo.

)