Whale Shark beached
An adolescent 4.5m whale shark washed ashore approximately 1.2km north of the St. Lucia Swimming beach. These whale feed exclusively on small food like plankton and pelagic fish. Their mouths can be up to 1.5 meters wide. And although docile, they have been known to attack fishing boats. However only when the angler is fighting a large fish like a tuna. They are common off northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique. And in fact occur in all tropical and subtropical waters, both inshore and deep ocean waters.
The species was first identified in...
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