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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean's wildest joyride

Australia Fish Riding Whale - (Whales and Climate Program)

There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride.

Scientists tracking humpbacks off the coast of Australia have captured rare footage that shows clutches of the freeloading fish peeling away from their host in what looks like a high-speed game of chicken, just moments before the whale breaches.

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