I live in a little surf town, Todos Santos north of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. North of us about an hour is La Paz where the resident whale sharks live, mate, nurse and grow to the size of a bread truck. You can take tours and dive with them right now. It's really amazing. So gentle. Friends went last week and said they were everywhere in the bay. I spearfish up there and get lucky enough to see them by myself once in awhile. Truly in awe
They expel the water through their gills, which fish do anyway in order to take up oxygen. Breathing and eating in one go. Baleen whales had to evolve filter teeth for this purpose, but fish already had built-in filters.
TemporarilyEmbarrassedThousandaire
Ooh big sip
MyFinalForm
Gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle
sindail
Everything reminds me her
adamlstf9
Biiiig fiiishy!!
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
Me waking up at three in the morning and reaching for my water bottle
KiwiGameDev
Hello Taroko!
Mercenarity
nikolateslaismyhomeboy
SursieMetzger
You’re right, we do need more whale sharks! <3
BatmanAndCradleRobin
these guys get absolutly fucked by plastic in the oceans
lizardbones
so does everything else
Eschscholtzia
How nice of them to try and save the world from the sea level rising
IUpvoteFuturama
My apologies in advance.
Baby what that mouth do
firlefranz
ZeroVektor
Looks fren shaped. I hug.
Hippopotamuswhale
HEY! I gave no permission to video me!
Hippopotamuswhale
The other is my bro Eddie the whale. Anyways, this is how we drink beer.
HeywouldJablowme
I've seen one at the Georgia aquarium in Atlanta. They're freaking huge. Technically sharks but they don't have teeth and eat like most whales do.
mrsdowneyjr
The whole world does
Level21Magikarp
I'm not even hungry maybe just one of your fries. -whale shark earlier
LordBarringtonBunks
It's sad that some aquaria have whale sharks in their exhibits.
MinisterofToques
I think this might be in Mexico where you can snorkel with them. You can see some snorkelers in the background
wolfgee1966
ShadeMeadowsArt
THE FISHIEST OF FISHES
CPTBRUMBL3Z
leepupjax
So what you are staying is that we all swim in whale shark spit.
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
#1 they want to breathe air so bad
DeathLemons
You thirsty bitch
MarkWithAQue
They are having a whale of a time.
monkeyfly
What goes on under the ocean is none of my business. I wish them well but hope they won't interfere with my trainwreck.
anthrdrunkenwannabepoet
I wanna see a surface view of that. likimage, they are just below the surface and from the boat, all you see is random"holes" in the ocean
Sheari
It is a dream of mine to swim with them some day <3
Madringo
My coworker was snorkeling in the Philippines when one swam right up to them and hung out with them for a few minutes before taking off.
ChicanoBatman
I live in a little surf town, Todos Santos north of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. North of us about an hour is La Paz where the resident whale sharks live, mate, nurse and grow to the size of a bread truck. You can take tours and dive with them right now. It's really amazing. So gentle. Friends went last week and said they were everywhere in the bay. I spearfish up there and get lucky enough to see them by myself once in awhile. Truly in awe
EnergyFiend
We took a friends
battery1979
I knew they were filter feeders but somehow this method never crossed my mind.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
They expel the water through their gills, which fish do anyway in order to take up oxygen. Breathing and eating in one go. Baleen whales had to evolve filter teeth for this purpose, but fish already had built-in filters.
ps238principal
They're going to need to pee so badly later...
TsubakiTragic
sobv... they aren't drinking the water, watch their gills
Hevach
Fun fact: fish release a continuous stream of urea from their gills, so they're still peeing.
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
That's their secret, cap. They're always peeing.
rd77Runner
eww... you mean i swin in fish pee?
BenjyX55
You're thinking of Greenland sharks
choppedliveraldente
And rats
BananaForScaIe
And asians.
mratio
Land shark? /gallery/landshark-NYrBFdM
BIC777
But Greenland sharks don't pee.
HufflePuffPuff
You’re thinking of Iceland sharks
BIC777
Google Iceland sharks
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
They are the pee!
choppedliveraldente
The ocean is just fish piss