Scientific name: Rhincodon typus
Size: Between 26,2 and 39,3 feet usually, up to 60 feet
Color: Gray-blue and white
Distinguishing feature: Blue gray dorsal livery spotted with white dots and light bands. Clear ventral fur.
Where did we see it: Maldives, Egypt
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world.
This species can live a hundred years but reaches sexual maturity around 30 years. This is a problem for the protection of the species that has trouble reproducing fastly to counter mass fishing.
This shark feeds mainly on plankton, so it's easier to spot on a portion of the sea that is heavily loaded with plankton.
It is a species still little known, which moves a lot and can dive to almost 1.3 mile deep.
You can adopt one of them to help protecting the species, or report their position to a protection agency when you see it. We go through Sharks Institute ;).
