NOUN
- large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
How To Use whale shark In A Sentence
- The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
- It was only after these fish vanished from the ecosystem that mammals and cartilaginous fish such as manta rays, basking sharks, whale sharks began to adapt to that ecological role. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- The vessel makes only a handful of voyages each year for up to 12 passengers willing to pay to swim with whale sharks and green turtles. Times, Sunday Times
- Palm-drenched Koh Samui, Thailand's third largest island, boasts the country's only LGBT diving organization. coordinates trips in the calm southern Gulf of Thailand around neighboring Koh Tao ( "Turtle Island") and north to famed Sail Rock, where schools of batfish and giant grouper patrol the 40-foot vertical passage through its granite core and plankton-feeding whale sharks are often sighted. Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News
- The whale shark, the biggest fish on earth, is a plankton feeder and harmless to divers.
- Manta rays cruise past, turtles lumber along, sharks scope the scene, the odd octopus creeps along the ocean floor, and further out, the whale sharks make their way north.
- Whale sharks and mantas might be seen at any time of the year, but especially between November and January.
- Whale sharks, manta rays and even grey whales are almost common.
- A lot of skates and rays and the chimaeras are not as charismatic as white sharks or whale sharks or a manta ray, but these things are probably taken in far greater numbers in terms of by-catch.
- It is here that divers may encounter anything from schooling batfish, barracudas to a sailfish, or even the whale shark.