Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds
The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), ...
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Whale sharks: Meet the world’s biggest shark
Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in the world. It’s found in tropical and temperate oceans, in both deep water and ...
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Do sharks lay eggs?
But throughout Earth's oceans, viviparity occurs in a variety of forms. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest species of shark. Although these animals produce eggs, they don't lay them.
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Shark Tidbits
These sharks are ovoviparous (born live from an egg). Largest Shark: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, measuring up to [50 feet] long. Smallest Shark: Mature ...
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Prospects for Whale Shark Conservation in Eastern Indonesia Through Bajo Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Community-based Monitoring
Conservation & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012), pp. 63-75 (13 pages) The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a long-lived migratory species inhabiting tropical and warm-temperate waters worldwide.
Whale shark conservation comes at a cost for fishers in Thiruvananthapuram
Whale sharks entangled in fishing nets off Thiruvananthapuram coast highlight lack of compensation for fishers, conservation ...