Tag: whale shark

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Podocerus jinbe, the crustacean found to be living in the whale shark's mouth

  

  A whale shark's mouth might not seem like the most hospitable environment for a home, but Japanese researchers have found there's no place like it for a newly-discovered shrimp-like creature.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:57 UTC

  Eight ton whale shark hauled out of the water: Largest catch?

  

  A group of Pakistani fishermen caught a monstrous whale shark in the Arabian Sea. A video clip was posted on YouTube showing the fish, about 40 feet long and six feet wide, being hauled in at the port using cranes in the Pakistani city of Karachi.