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Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

Description:

The Whale shark is the largest shark and largest fish

Habitat:

The Ningaloo Reef

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27 Comments (1–25)

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 11 years ago

Awesome...

parkton-homeschool2
parkton-homeschool2 11 years ago

Ahhh! Scary! LOL I am afraid of sharks but awesome pic!
JJ

JessyZich
JessyZich 11 years ago

A great place to see Whale Sharks is the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia

bbprevas
bbprevas 11 years ago

i am supremely jealous. awesome spot

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Yeah people still hunt them - here's an article from a Perth newspaper ...
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/giant-wh...

Darwin26
Darwin26 12 years ago

Monstrous! are people hunting these pelagic beasts? Pleeeze, say it isn't so.

thanks 4 the Pix

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Fantastic creature - pity peoples still hunt them. Excellent pics.

kchernesky
kchernesky 12 years ago

that pic is SO COOL!!!!!! u r awesome

Joltik
Joltik 12 years ago

Amazing! An unbelievable encounter! Congrats on SOTD!! :D

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Congrats on the spotting of the day.

julia11cc
julia11cc 12 years ago

WOW!!!!!!!! That is unbelieveable!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Golden Jackal
Golden Jackal 12 years ago

the gentle giant of the sea

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

Congrats, Jessy .. :) Its a beautiful spotting ..

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

congrats

peter
peter 12 years ago

Congrats Jessy, this incredible spotting was chosen as Spotting of the Day!

"Despite the Whale Shark's intimidating size, it has a reputation for being a gentle giant that is curious and playful around humans."

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JessyZich
JessyZich 12 years ago

It was amazing seeing the shark in the wild, these animals need all the help they can get right now!

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 12 years ago

Thanks for sharing such great pix of an amazing animal!

MundoVivo
MundoVivo 12 years ago

No way! you took this pictures??? wow!! thats amazing!!! I´ve always wanted to swim beside one of those!!!
Awesome pic!

ToFastenWithStitches
ToFastenWithStitches 12 years ago

I don't know what to say but as every one else WOW what an amazing thing to see.... that's Magnificent!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

fantastic - so lucky !!!

GeoLeo42
GeoLeo42 12 years ago

Wow, wow and more wow!!!!

JessyZich
JessyZich 12 years ago

Thanks, it was actually a snorkeling encounter, you can do them off the ningaloo reef in Australia!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

O.O

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

SO incredible, on my must-see list for diving! Fantastic set of pics, it must have been a magical moment :)

LucianaC
LucianaC 12 years ago

Nice!

JessyZich
Spotted by
JessyZich

Western Australia, Australia

Spotted on Mar 24, 2010
Submitted on Nov 3, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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