whale shark

[Bucky]

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/whale-shark-swim-1311371866-slideshow/# <== Scary pictures

[Flaxbee]

1. they are beautiful, slow, harmless (unless by accident) creatures..

I have family members who study them / have swam with them. You just have to watch what you're doing, as with all animals.

Neat photos, thanks for posting! :hi:

[Throd]

2. Even though I know all that, I still would have pooped my wet suit.

[marzipanni]

3. Waiter, there's a human in my plankton!

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Whale Sharks spend their days feeding on tiny plants called plankton and small shrimp- like creatures know as krill. They also eat some kinds of fish and squid. The whale shark open their mouths and swallows what ever goes in. Sometimes they eat garbage by mistake. Buckets, boots, oars, and other such objects have all been found in the stomachs of Whale Sharks.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5316/whale.htm

Scarier picture!-

[TorchTheWitch]

4. giant wet vac n/t

[sakabatou]

5. Good thing they're only plankton eaters