Sunday, January 27, 2008

RT ;)


The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species.

The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea. The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years ago. While thought to be primarily pelagic, seasonal feeding aggregations of the sharks occur at several coastal sites such as Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia; Útila in Honduras; Donsol and Batangas in the Philippines; off Isla Holbox in Yucatan Mexico; and the Tanzanian islands of Pemba and Zanzibar. As a filter feeder, it has a capacious mouth which can be up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) wide and can contain between 300 and 350 rows of tiny teeth.

is it Shark Week yet??

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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