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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.
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Whale sharks' lifespans are estimated to be between 80 and 130 years, based on studies of their vertebral growth bands and the growth rates of free-swimming sharks. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Whale sharks have very large mouths and are filter feeders, which is a feeding mode that occurs in only two other sharks, the megamouth shark and the basking shark .
However, this value lowered to ~12.1 m if aquarium whale sharks were included. [6] • The 'large adult' silhouette is based primarily on measurements of a whale shark reported by Kaikini et al. (1959) and inspired by images of large females seen around the Galapagos. [7] • The largest size possible for whale sharks is uncertain.
Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon , is known from the Paleocene as well. [ 1 ]
Evidence of sharks feeding on dead whale While Chisholm's sighting of a seal with a fresh shark bite off Plymouth happened about a month ago, the dead minke whale was spotted on Tuesday by Capt ...
The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...
Divers had an incredible encounter with a whale shark as they explored a Florida wreck. Scuba group Diver's Den were joined by the world's largest fish as they swam near to the wreck of the Red ...