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		<title>Is a Whale Shark a Shark?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Whale sharks look quite different to how we imagine a shark to look. They are enormous, reaching 12 meters or more in length and weighing as much as 16 tons &#8211; basically, they are about the size of a bus! And they don&#8217;t have sharp teeth, in fact their teeth don&#8217;t really assist in feeding [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Whale sharks look quite different to how we imagine a shark to look. They are enormous, reaching 12 meters or more in length and weighing as much as 16 tons &#8211; basically, they are about the size of a bus! And they don&#8217;t have sharp teeth, in fact their teeth don&#8217;t really assist in feeding at all. So, it&#8217;s no surprise that people often ask us the question&#8230;is a whale shark a shark?</p>
<h4><strong>Are Whale Sharks Really Sharks?</strong></h4>
<p>The answer is yes, whale sharks really are sharks. They have all the 33 characteristics of a shark, such as a cartilage skeleton, five pairs of gills and unfused pectoral fins to the head. Unlike whales, they are not mammals and their young are not fed by the mother’s milk. Like sharks, whale sharks are fish. In fact they are the largest fish in the ocean. So, whale sharks really are sharks&#8230;and they get their name from the fact that they are enormous!</p>
<h4><strong>What Do Whale Sharks Eat? </strong></h4>
<p>Whale sharks have rows of over 300 tiny teeth, but as filter feeders they do not use these teeth to eat. Instead, whale sharks (and other filter feeding sharks) swim along the ocean’s currents with their huge mouths open wide, filtering large quantities of water as they go and extracting tiny organisms called plankton &amp; krill from the water. A whale shark&#8217;s mouth is about 1.5 meters wide, so it&#8217;s an impressive sight!</p>
<h4><strong>The 3 largest sharks include (in size order)</strong></h4>
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<li>Whale Shark 17 meters</li>
<li>Basking Shark 15 m</li>
<li>Megamouth Shark 7-8 m</li>
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<p><strong><em>All filter feeders!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Diet: Plankton (tiny organisms), krill and small fish</strong></p>
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<h4>Ten Amazing Whale Shark Facts</h4>
<p><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/fast-facts-whalesharks/whale-shark/" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-1679 alignright" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-300x222.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="246" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-300x222.jpg 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-768x569.jpg 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-624x463.jpg 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark.jpg 1036w" sizes="(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px" /></a></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Largest fish and shark in the world</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Habitat: warm open waters of the tropical oceans </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks spend most of their time near the surface</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Lifespan: 70 to 100 years</span></li>
<li><span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Average length of an adult: 9.7 meters</span></span></li>
<li><span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Average weight: 9 tonnes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Teeth: over 300 rows of tiny teeth &#8211; not used for eating!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks are solitary creatures</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Filter feeders &#8211; feeding mainly on plankton</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Able to process over 6,000 litres of water each hour</span></li>
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<h4><strong>Why We Need Sharks</strong></h4>
<p><iframe title="Why We Need Sharks: Amazing Sharks Online Course Ep 3" width="625" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpwd6TYr0GE?start=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h4><strong>Learn more about sharks? </strong></h4>
<h4><a href="https://oceanlifeeducation.thinkific.com/courses/amazingsharks" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-2562" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png" alt="online shark course" width="175" height="175" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px" /></a></h4>
<h4>Check out our <a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/online-courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #01cdff;">Amazing Sharks Online Shark Course</span></a></h4>
<h4><strong>Check out our<span style="color: #01cdff;"> <a style="color: #01cdff;" href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/shark-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shark Resources</a></span></strong></h4>
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<p><strong>Further reading&#8230;</strong></p>
<h4><strong>Save Our Seas &#8211; <span style="color: #01cdff;"><a style="color: #01cdff;" href="https://saveourseas.com/project/whale-sharks-down-under/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whale Sharks Down Under</a></span></strong></h4>
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		<title>Should We Protect Sharks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; We think so! We hear so many negative stories about sharks in the media but what role do they actually play in the ocean and why are they important to us? The fact is that sharks are a crucial part of the food chain and help keep the oceans, planet (and us), healthy&#8230; and [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-3221 size-medium" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Should-we-protect-sharks-300x251.jpg" alt="Amazing sharks" width="300" height="251" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Should-we-protect-sharks-300x251.jpg 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Should-we-protect-sharks-768x644.jpg 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Should-we-protect-sharks-624x523.jpg 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Should-we-protect-sharks.jpg 940w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>We think so! We hear so many negative stories about sharks in the media but what role do they actually play in the ocean and why are they important to us?</p>
<p>The fact is that sharks are a crucial part of the food chain and help keep the oceans, planet (and us), healthy&#8230; and their numbers are dwindling fast.</p>
<p>Read on to discover why we need sharks and why we need to take action to protect these misunderstood creatures&#8230;</p>
<h3><strong>Sharks Get a Bad Press </strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3058 alignleft" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-150x150.png" alt="shark cull" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-2048x2048.png 2048w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/market-50x50.png 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Many people fear sharks because of sensationalised stories in the media and scary films like Jaws.</p>
<p><em> The fact is that 100 million sharks are killed by humans each year and sharks kill around 12 humans a year. </em></p>
<p><strong>So, maybe sharks should be scared of us, not the other way around?</strong></p>
<h3><strong>Learn the Facts About Sharks</strong></h3>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-3222 size-medium" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Why-We-Need-Sharks-Infographic-300x225.jpg" alt="why we need sharks" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Why-We-Need-Sharks-Infographic-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Why-We-Need-Sharks-Infographic-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Why-We-Need-Sharks-Infographic-624x468.jpg 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Why-We-Need-Sharks-Infographic.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
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<p>We need to take time to learn the facts about sharks and why they are so important to us and our world, so that we can help protect them. So, we have developed a range of <a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/shark-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FREE shark resources</a> and an online <a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/shark-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazing Sharks Course</a> aimed at dispelling the myths and promoting the facts about these misunderstood creatures.</p>
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<h3><strong>Here are some <span style="color: #01cdff;">REAL FACTS</span> about Sharks&#8230;</strong></h3>
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<h3><strong>Sharks Help Create a Healthy Ecosystem</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3002 alignleft" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-150x150.png" alt="shark ecosystem" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/reef.png 2000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Sharks are APEX predators, which means they sit at the top of the food chain and help control the numbers of animals below them in that food chain. By controlling populations of large and mid-sized predators, sharks allow smaller fish to thrive, which has a knock on effect on the food chain below them. Therefore, sharks help create a healthy ecosystem with a diverse range of species and competitors.</p>
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<h3>Sharks Are a Keystone Species</h3>
<p>Apex predators like sharks are known as keystone species. This means that they are crucially important. If you take sharks out of the food chain, the whole structure could collapse.</p>
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<h3><strong>Sharks &amp; Natural Selection</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3000 alignleft" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-150x150.png" alt="sharks &amp; natural selection" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-2048x2048.png 2048w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/prey-50x50.png 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p>
<p>Sharks play an important role in natural selection because they prey on and remove weak and sick animals. This reduces the chances of them reproducing and helps keep fish populations healthy and strong.</p>
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<h3><strong>Sharks &amp; Habitat Loss</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3004 alignleft" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-150x150.png" alt="reef shark" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shark-reef.png 2000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Sharks help prevent habitat loss. Habitats like coral reef depend on their fishy caretakers, like the little reef fish that live on them and clean and protect them from disease. Without sharks controlling numbers of big fish in a marine ecosystem, the numbers of these fish could explode. They would in turn kill off the smaller fish. If that happens, the reef would become diseased and die off, affecting millions of animals that depend on it for survival.</p>
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<h3><strong>Everything On Earth is Connected</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-3009 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-150x150.png" alt="blue planet earth" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blue-planet.png 2000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The earth’s ocean <strong><em>produces 70 % of the oxygen we breath, food to eat, controls the climate, breaks down pollution, provides us with medicine and much, much more</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Humans are part of our amazing planet’s ecosystem. So, it is in our best interest to protect our home environment and everything within it…including sharks.</p>
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<h3>Want to Know more?</h3>
<h4>Watch our video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwd6TYr0GE&amp;t=1s"><span style="color: #01cdff;">Why We Need Sharks</span></a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/how-to-engage-kids-with-an-online-sharks-course/"><span style="color: #01cdff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Read Our Blog:</span> How to Engage Kids with Sharks</span></a></h4>
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<h3><strong>How You Can Help Protect Sharks</strong></h3>
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<li>Get educated about sharks &#8211; <a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/shark-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">why not start with our FREE RESOURCES and Amazing Sharks Course </a> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2562 alignright" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png" alt="amazing sharks course" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></li>
<li>Share positive shark facts with friends and on social media</li>
<li>Reduce your fish consumption &amp; don&#8217;t buy fish marked &#8216;flake&#8217; &#8211; it&#8217;s shark</li>
<li>Join a shark conservation organisation &#8211; <a href="https://www.seashepherd.org.au/">Sea Shepherd &#8211; </a><a href="http://www.sharksandraysaustralia.com/">Sharks &amp; Rays of Australia  &#8211; </a><a href="https://www.marineconservation.org.au/save-our-sharks/"> Marine Conservation Australia</a></li>
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<h3><strong>Check out Ocean Life Education&#8217;s other blogs:</strong></h3>
<p><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/how-to-inspire-students-to-protect-the-ocean-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Inspire Kids to Protect the Ocean</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/10-reasons-why-we-depend-on-our-oceans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reasons Why We Depend on Our Oceans</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/how-can-i-protect-the-ocean/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Can I Protect the Ocean</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Whale sharks are truly amazing creatures. Check out our whale shark fast facts to learn some jaw-dropping facts about them&#8230; Ten Amazing Facts About Whale Sharks The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish and shark in the world The whale shark is found in warm open waters of the tropical oceans  The lifespan [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Whale sharks are truly amazing creatures. Check out our whale shark fast facts to learn some jaw-dropping facts about them&#8230;</p>
<h4>Ten Amazing Facts About Whale Sharks</h4>
<p><a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/fast-facts-whalesharks/whale-shark/" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-1679 alignright" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-300x222.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="246" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-300x222.jpg 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-768x569.jpg 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark-624x463.jpg 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whale-shark.jpg 1036w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px" /></a></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1c1e21;">The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish and shark in the world</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1c1e21;">Th<span style="color: #000000;">e whale shark is found in warm open waters of the tropical oceans </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;">The lifespan of the whale shark ranges from 70 to 100 years</span></li>
<li><span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The whale shark is also the largest non-cetacean animal in the world</span></span></li>
<li><span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The average length of an adult whale sharks is 9.7 meters and they weigh on average 9 tonnes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks have over 300 rows of tiny teeth &#8211; not used for eating!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks are solitary creatures</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks spend most of their time near the surface</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">The whale shark is a filter feeder, feeding mainly on plankton</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;">Whale sharks can process over 6,000 litres (1,500 gallons) of water each hour</span></li>
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<h4><strong>Want to know more about sharks? </strong></h4>
<h4><a href="https://oceanlifeeducation.thinkific.com/courses/amazingsharks" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-2562" src="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png" alt="online shark course" width="175" height="175" srcset="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-150x150.png 150w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-300x300.png 300w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-768x768.png 768w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-624x624.png 624w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-400x400.png 400w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square-50x50.png 50w, https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Logo-square.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px" /></a></h4>
<h4>Check out our <a href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/online-courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #01cdff;">Amazing Sharks Online Shark Course</span></a></h4>
<h4><strong>Check out our<span style="color: #01cdff;"> <a style="color: #01cdff;" href="https://www.oceanlifeeducation.com.au/shark-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shark Resources</a></span></strong></h4>
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