11 Facts About Whale shark

Whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species.

The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate.

The whale shark has three prominent ridges along its sides, which start above and behind the head and end at the caudal peduncle.

The Whale shark was too heavy to pull ashore, and no measurements were taken.

On 7 February 2012, a large whale shark was found floating 150 kilometres off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan.

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Whale shark is a filter feeder – one of only three known filter-feeding shark species .

Whale shark is an active feeder, targeting concentrations of plankton or fish.

Whale shark is popular in the few public aquariums that keep it, but its large size means that a very large tank is required and it has specialized feeding requirements.

The record for a whale shark in captivity is an individual that, as of 2021, has lived for more than 26 years in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium from Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium.

The whale shark kept at Dubai's Atlantis, The Palm was rescued from shallow waters in 2008 with extensive abrasions to the fins and after rehabilitation it was released in 2010, having lived 19 months in captivity.

The whale shark is featured on the reverse of the Philippine 100-peso bill.