Yes, August 30 is officially International Whale Shark Day, so declared after the 2nd WS Symposium in Mexico a few years back. There’s been a lot of news in the whale shark department over the last couple of years, so here’s a link fest that ought to satisfy the spottiest of appetites.
- Nom Nom, AKA everything you ever wanted to know about how whale sharks feed.
- Amazing as it sounds, there is such a thing as an albino whale shark
- Whale sharks can dive deeper than any marine mammal, find out why here
- Sometimes THEY look at US
- How it feels to Dance With A Giant
- The good, bad and ugly of whale shark ecotourism
- Craig asks why the world’s largest fish is so SMALL
- Sharks with fricken laser beams!
- How do you keep with a pelagic freight train? GPS baby…
- Where do we get the word “Shark” anyway?
- The spots on whale sharks are unique like a fingerprint
- Who’s your Daddy?
- The biggest gathering ever seen of the biggest fish in the world.
- Whats black and white and studied all over?
Nom Nom y’all. Photo: Alistair Dove/Georgia Aquarium
Dr. Alistair Dove is a systematic and ecological parasitologist by training, with broader research interests in the natural history and health of marine animals, especially whale sharks. He is currently Director of Research and Conservation at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta USA. His comments here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Georgia Aquarium
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