Whale Shark

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Spotted giant of warm seas, the Whale Shark cruises slowly near the surface, sieving plankton with a mouth wider than a doorway. Divers flock to Mexico, the Philippines or Ningaloo Reef to meet this gentle filter-feeder, yet boat strikes and by-catch keep it on the Endangered list.

Habitat: The Whale Shark can be found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa-rica, Cuba, Cote-d-ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El-salvador, Eq-guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua-new-guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto-rico, Qatar, Saudi-arabia, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Somalia, South-africa, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, United-arab-emirates, United-states-of-america, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, W-sahara, Yemen, Canada, New-zealand