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  2. Whale shark - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of animals by number of neurons - Wikipedia

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    The following table gives information on the number of neurons estimated to be in the sensory-associative structure: the cerebral cortex (aka pallium) for mammals, the dorsal ventricular ridge ("DVR" or "hypopallium") of the pallium for birds, and the corpora pedunculata ("mushroom bodies") for insects.

  4. Shark - Wikipedia

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    Basking sharks, whale sharks, and megamouth sharks have independently evolved different strategies for filter feeding plankton: basking sharks practice ram feeding, whale sharks use suction to take in plankton and small fishes, and megamouth sharks make suction feeding more efficient by using the luminescent tissue inside of their mouths to ...

  5. Killer whales have adapted special strategy to hunt world’s ...

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    Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, ... Orcas, or killer whales as they are commonly known, are marine mammals known to display a range of intelligent behaviours.

  6. Orca - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the marine mammal prey of transients hear whale calls well and thus transients are typically silent. [125] Vocal behaviour in these whales is mainly limited to surfacing activities and milling (slow swimming with no apparent direction) after a kill. [126] All members of a resident pod use similar calls, known collectively as a ...

  7. List of examples of convergent evolution - Wikipedia

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    Filter feeding: baleen whales like the humpback and blue whale (mammals), the whale shark and the basking shark separately, the manta ray, the Mesozoic bony fish Leedsichthys, and the early Paleozoic anomalocaridid Aegirocassis have separately evolved ways of sifting plankton from marine waters. [37]

  8. Killer Whales Are Hunting Whale Sharks - AOL

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    Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive. Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN, a new study — published in the ...

  9. Evolution of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known ancestor of arctic whales is Denebola brachycephala from the late Miocene around 9–10 million years ago. [55] A single fossil from Baja California indicates the family once inhabited warmer waters. [27] [56] [57] Acrophyseter skull. Ancient sperm whales differ from modern sperm whales in tooth count and the shape of the ...