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  • Drones Capture Breathtaking Footage of Basking Sharks

    09/04/2015 2:44:14 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    Discovery news ^ | 8/05/15 | unattributed
    INCREDIBLE Basking Sharks filmed from a drone Tobermory Scotland
  • Hundreds of Whale Sharks Meet off the Mexican Coast

    07/22/2011 11:18:09 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    Global Post ^ | July 22, 2011
    Hundreds of whale sharks congregate each Summer, probably to reproduce Hundreds of whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, have met up for their annual summer congregation in the Gulf of Mexico. The enormous fish converge in the coastal waters off Cancun from May to September. Some 250 whale sharks have been sighted so far in a positive sign for the species, New Zealand's 3 News reports. A record was set in 2009 with 420 whale sharks reported in a single aerial survey. Local biologist Rafael de la Parra says marine species such as dolphins, stingrays, tuna fish and...
  • Whale sharks: Swimming alongside one of the giants of the oceanic world

    08/17/2009 10:09:11 AM PDT · by SonnyBubba · 10 replies · 1,301+ views
    Press-Register ^ | 8-17-09 | Ben Raines
    There may never be a better time or place to have an encounter with the world's largest fish than right now off the Alabama coast. For the last few weeks, unprecedented numbers of whale sharks have been seen cruising just a few miles off the beach, their broad snouts and tall dorsal fins breaking the surface as they swim lazily along, mouths agape, sucking in plankton.