When, in 2014, local fishermen in the Galápagos Isles began reporting that they’d seen sea lions working together to chase and herd yellowfin tuna into shallow coves, Galápagos photographer Tui De Roy rushed to the scene, hoping to chronicle the action taking place along the remote, lava-encrusted shorelines. Her photographs, which were the first to be taken of this ingenious hunting strategy, reveal the resourcefulness of these marine mammals like never before.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) killing tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effor...
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pup in shallows, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) overlooking volcanic coast. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) Caleta Iguana, Isabela Island, Galapagos
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mandiculus) standing on coastal volcanic rock. Endangered. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effo...
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) swimming in the surf, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) swimming off the coast, surfing through wave, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna with Galapagos brown pelicans (Pelicanus occidentalis urinator) in the background,. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yell...
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effor...
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effor...
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an ef...