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Wildlife Vidcaps 1 - Day 2 of 2 - File 23 of 26 - mm Whale Shark 02
Subject: Wildlife Vidcaps 1 - Day 2 of 2 - File 23 of 26 - mm Whale Shark 02
Poster: Mr. Marmite (mr-marmite@excite.com)
mm Whale Shark 02-captured by Mr Marmite.jpg
File size : 36056 bytes File date : 2001:03:02 15:21:57 Resolution: 541x346 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:21:41 -0000

Wildlife Vidcaps 1 - Day 2 of 2 - File 23 of 26 - mm_Whale_Shark 02


The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a gentle and slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhinodontes before 1984), which is grouped into the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea. The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years ago.

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