Whale shark (27 photos) Bashny.Net

Whale shark (lat. Rhincodon typus) - the largest species of sharks, as well as the largest of the living representatives of the fish. Although the stories of some of the witnesses, they met specimens ranging in length from 18 to 20 m, the largest ever measured instance consisted of 13 long, 7 m. Weight whale sharks can reach 12 tons. Despite the impressive size, the whale shark for a person completely safe, as it eats like a giant shark and shark-largemouth exclusively on plankton and other small organisms that it filters, sucking in water.