Sentences with phrase «sized whale shark»

He is not surprised, though, to find bits of a full - sized whale shark in a white shark's belly.

The largest accessible wreck in the Pacific can be explored as a shore dive, and bus - sized whale sharks circle the flanks of submerged spires.

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Using only the DNA from sloughed - off cells floating in the ocean, scientists have been able to determine the population size and genetic properties of one of the world's largest and most mysterious animals: the whale shark.

Pegging the trend toward giant sizes to the Plio - Pleistocene ruled out other hypotheses such as the threat of predation by the huge shark megalodon — which had already been around for millions of years before the whales» growth spurt — or the advent of filter feeding, which had been around for more than 15 million years at that point.

As such, it provides the first real glimpse into what baleen whales were like before they evolved their feeding filters.Measuring about 9 to 11 feet long, the specimen was the size of a bottlenose dolphin, with huge eyes that took up a quarter of its head.Instead of echolocating, it most likely depended on keen underwater vision and sharp hearing to track fish and small sharks, which it would then tear apart and shred with its 1.4 - inch - long serrated teeth.

Pay particular attention to size and scale (i.e. above the whales and sharks and fish the size of me).

This book covers a range of exciting topics including: Sharks Lose Teeth All The Time Sharks Are Older Than The Dinosaurs The Whale Shark Is The Largest Fish In The World Sharks» Stomachs Are Incredibly Tough The Megalodon Shark Is The Largest Shark That Ever Existed Sharks Are Cartilaginous Fish Sharks Do Not Prefer To Eat People Sharks Rarely Get Cancer Some Sharks Can Live In Freshwater, Too Sharks Are More Likely To Attack In Shallow Water Shark Fins Are A Delicacy In Some Cultures Sharks Have To Stay Active To Survive Sharks Come In All Shapes And Sizes Sharks Can Hear Very Well A Shark's Sense Of Smell Is Impressive Sharks Can Sense Electrical Impulses, Too Some Sharks Are World Travelers Sharks Sleep While Moving Some Sharks Can Fly Many Sharks Are Endangered Species We loved compiling this book and even learned a few things along the way and hopefully you will too.

Oh, I'd be remiss if I didn't offer a huge whale - sharked size thank you to the non-profit group SANCCOB — one of the Aquarium's longest standing research and conservation partners.

The wreck has become an artificial reef for a huge variety of marine life, including turtles, huge Queensland groupers (which grow to the size of small cars), rays, sea snakes, whales, and even bull sharks.

The whale shark is up to 46 feet (14 m), weighing up to 15 tons with an average size of 25 (7.6 m) feet long.

Don't be overawed by the whale sharks size.

This is where divers come to see the big stuff, from whale sharks the size of a city bus to schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks that fill the underwater horizon.

These juvenile whale sharks that roam the La Paz waters can vary in size, and tend to move fairly slowly as they eat.

Hammerhead sharks and stingrays await you, in addition to incredible whale sharks up to 12 metres in size, making them the largest fish in the world.

Scuba dive with the swirling tornado - like formation of Barracudas, the big - eye trevallies, the thousands silver jack fishes, the giant size parrot fishes, the numerous turtles and many others such as mantas, eagle rays, tunas, scalloped hammerhead sharks, whale sharks and 3000 more species of fish.

Despite their immense size, whale sharks pose little danger to humans because their main source of food is tiny plankton that they strain out of the water.

Whale sharks are the largest non-mammalian creatures in the world's oceans, approximately double the size and weight of a semi truck.

And while you can snorkel and scuba dive on the reef, you can also enjoy some amazing, once - in - a-lifetime experiences like swimming with the protected dwarf minke whales, swimming with giant potato cods the size of small cars, feeding sharks, walking on the bottom of the ocean with the Seawalker (a spaceman - like helmet so your head and face stays dry) or exploring the reef on a Scuba Doo (a small motorised underwater vehicle for one which keeps your head dry and has a 180 degree viewing window) and cruises around at 2.5 knots).

Wall dives and pristine coral fields, seemingly endless visibility at Osprey Reef, feeding SUV - sized cod at Cod Hole, minke whales in season and umpteen species of shark, this is but a sampler of what the planet's greatest reef is waiting to reveal...

Adult whale sharks are approximately the same size and weight as a school bus, yet because they feed exclusively on micro-organisms, they are a popular attraction for snorkelers and scuba divers.

Named whale sharks for their enormous size, not because they are actually sharks (technically, whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean), whale sharks can measure up to 41 feet (12 meters) long and weigh up to 21 metric tons (47,000 pounds).

Despite their gargantuan size, whale sharks pose little danger to humans as they feed solely on microscopic plankton and fish spawn.

Seeing a whale - sized shark is amazing.