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A researcher in Australia managed to capture rare footage of remoras, a breed of fish commonly known as sucker fish, while studying humpback whales off the coast

His cameras picked up clips of the fish clinging to the much larger whales, even letting go when they breached, only to return to the whale's body moments later

"They have their entire meal, and they all have their mates with them as well. So they are mating and reproducing on the whale's body. It's like the perfect vehicle for them," Meynecke explained of the fish, who feast on the whale's dead skin

A researcher's attempt to study humpback whales as they migrate off the coast of Australia managed to capture some rare footage of another fish hitching a ride on the supersized mammal.

Olaf Meynecke of the Whales an

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