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whale shark fast facts
- Whale sharks can be as large a a school bus, making them the world’s biggest fish.
- The deepest recorded whale shark dive is 3146 feet(979.5m) That’s more then 3 times the height of Eiffel Tower.
- Caudal fin, vertical whale sharks swim by undulating side to side.
- Whale shark gills can filter particles as small as .04 inches ( 1 mm), about the with of the tip of a pencil.
- Whale sharks are ovoviviprous young hatch from eggs inside their mother and are then birthed live.
whale shark fast facts