14 DAY TRIAL // The picture above was taken by 60-year-old photographer Doug Perrine in Hawaii, in the waters just off the coast of Kona.
Sources say that the cetacean featured in it is referred to by marine biologists and wildlife researchers as a false killer whale. This it because it strikingly resembles the latter, at least until it opens its mouth to feed.
Despite their name, these animals are actually dolphins, and not whales.
Just for the record: false killer whales do not shy away from feeding on other cetaceans, so those who happen to come across them in the wild would do best to keep their distance.
Recent reports issued by conservationists maintain that only about 150 such animals are currently left to inhabit the waters off Hawaii's coast.
However, it is believed that many others are living in deeper open waters.