whale shark
noun
: a shark (Rhincodon typus) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds chiefly on plankton strained by its gill rakers, may sometimes attain a length of up to 60 feet (18.3 meters), and is the largest known fish
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The encounter lasts just a few minutes, before the whale shark disappears again into the deep blue.
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Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 27 July 2025
Gentle but massive whale sharks sometimes feed here too.
—Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Sleeper sharks therefore may be more like whale sharks that can retract their eyeballs by more than 50% of the eye’s total diameter, McClatchy News previously reported.
—Irene Wright
july 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
McClain recalled working on a project to measure the length of whale sharks in the wild.
—ArsTechnica, 21 June 2025
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Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 27 July 2025
Gentle but massive whale sharks sometimes feed here too.
—Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Sleeper sharks therefore may be more like whale sharks that can retract their eyeballs by more than 50% of the eye’s total diameter, McClatchy News previously reported.
—Irene Wright
july 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
McClain recalled working on a project to measure the length of whale sharks in the wild.
—ArsTechnica, 21 June 2025
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“Whale shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whale%20shark. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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