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A diver almost gets sucked into the gaping mouth of a massive whale shark as it feeds on plankton off Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
Here’s the Wikipedia entry on the whale shark:
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow-moving filter feeding shark, the largest living fish species. The largest confirmed individual was 12.65 metres (41.50 ft) in length and the heaviest weighed more than 36 tonnes (79,000 lb), but unconfirmed claims report considerably larger whale sharks. […] The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans, lives in the open sea with a lifespan of about 70 years. […] Although whale sharks have very large mouths, they feed mainly, though not exclusively, on plankton, microscopic plants and animals, although the BBC program Planet Earth filmed a whale shark feeding on a school of small fish.
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And here’s an article on the whale shark from Laurie Wilkins. He writes that, unlike whales which are mammals, the whale shark is a fish. In fact, it is the world’s largest fish. For more fun facts about the whale shark, read the article at: Call Outdoors.
