Whale Shark

Description:

Photo taken open sea near Isla Mujeres Mexico. Second expedition of the season, this beauty just swim slow filtering plankton :) Is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 mt and a weight of more than 21.5 tonnes , and there are unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks. Claims of individuals over 14 mt long and weighing at least 30 tonnes are not uncommon.

Habitat:

The whale shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea with a lifespan of about 70 years. Although whale sharks have very large mouths, as filter feeders they feed mainly, though not exclusively, on plankton, which are microscopic plants and animals.

Notes:

Another epic day around 30 sharks in the area water star to get clear nut ther was allot of plankton i have a great videos as well :):):)