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The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
https://www.sharkbook.ai. Formerly called. whaleshark.org, wildbook for whale sharks. Sharkbook is a global database for identifying and tracking sharks, particularly whale sharks, using uploaded photos and videos.In addition to identifying and tracking sharks, the site allows people to "adopt a shark" and get updates on specific animals.
2. Whale Shark. As the biggest fish in the world, whale sharks shouldn’t be hard to miss; but their population has declined so much that they are on their way to extinction.
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250. Pop. density. 0.34/km 2 (0.88/sq mi) Socorro Island ( Spanish: Isla Socorro) is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km (10.25 by 7.15 miles), with an area of 132 km 2 (51 sq mi). It is the largest of the four islands of ...
Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei. The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the species name by Herman Melville, the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale. Herman Melville often referred to whales as "Leviathans" in ...
A Canadian tourist suffered a severed arm as the result of a shark attack Monday while swimming near a hotel in Cancun, A Canadian tourist suffered a severed arm as the result of a shark attack ...
Dení Ramírez Macías (also known as Dení Ramírez) is a Mexican marine biologist, ocean scientist, conservationist, and has been the director of Whale Shark México (Tiburon Ballena Mexico) since 2003. [2] [3] She leads the "Giants of Peru" project of the Save Our Seas Foundation. [4]