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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.
Whale Shark Expert. 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]
The decline of sea otters followed a decline in seal populations, [a] [97] which in turn may be substitutes for their original prey, now decimated by industrial whaling. [98] [99] [100] Orcas have been observed preying on terrestrial mammals, such as moose swimming between islands off the northwest coast of North America.
Southern resident orcas. The research vessel Noctiluca of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in close proximity to an orca. The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own.. Researchers have ...
The whale shark, the world's largest fish, is classified as Endangered. Binding legislation and harvest management strategies... are urgently needed to address the disproportionate impact of fisheries on cartilaginous fishes. – IUCN global study 2010 Threatened sharks are those vulnerable to endangerment (extinction) in the near future. The International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
Shark week: Map shows where biggest species are found in UK waters. Liam James. July 6, 2023 at 4:18 AM. Some 40 species of shark are thought to inhabit the waters surrounding the UK. Many only ...
List of cetaceans. Cetacea is an infraorder that comprises the 94 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is divided into toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales (Mysticeti), which diverged from each other in the Eocene some 50 million years ago (mya). Cetaceans are descended from land-dwelling hoofed mammals, and the now extinct ...