Whale Shark

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Whale shark gets entangled in net  -  Aug 18, 2007
Daily Express,Kudat: A creature that was reportedly stranded in Kampung Kapor in Kudat, Thursday, was confirmed to be a 17-20ft whale shark. Peter Malim, a senior officer

Whale sharks track tiny prey  -  Aug 17, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,The annual whale shark migration is a tourist draw in Isla Holbox, Mexico. "They gather there for one reason," said Mike Maslanka, a Georgia Aquarium

Cross Country: Whale of a time for villagers!  -  Aug 17, 2007
New Straits Times,By : Jaswinder Kaur KOTA KINABALU: An injured whale shark caused a stir when it was found in Marudu Bay two nights ago. Fishermen stumbled upon the male

Pregnant whale shark tracked  -  Aug 2, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,This female traveler is a whale shark, part of a population that scientists think may be the largest collection of the world' largest fish.

Experts: Leave whale enough alone  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Why A Whale Shark's Spots Could Help Save Its Skin (October 7, 2005) -- Computer software developed by astrophysicists to locate stars and

China: Giant Cat-fish?  -  Aug 15, 2007
Global Voices Online,However some netizens said that the mutant cat-fish may in fact be a whale shark. See for yourself. Looks like a whale shark, and they aren’t man-eaters

Junk food  -  Aug 15, 2007
Monterey County Herald,By MARIE PERUCCA-RAMIREZ and JULIO RAMIREZ Traveling to southern Thailand in search of a whale shark, we arrive on Phuket island to meet our dive boat,

Top jobs in WA  -  Aug 11, 2007
Sunday Times.au,As whale-shark spotter and photographer for tour company Coral Bay Adventures, Amber Cook gets paid to do it daily. She says spending 50 per cent of her

Foxboro student studying with sharks  -  Jul 29, 2007
Attleboro Sun Chronicle,The only bigger fish known to man is the whale shark, which can span 60 feet. Gaudreau says he is trying to work out with Capt. John Boats a shark adventure

Here are some types of sharks that are virtually harmless to people  -  Aug 3, 2007
أرابياI am talking about the Whale shark and the Basking shark. While both could compete in size with some whales, they are still considered to be part of the

What’s New in Cancun in August  -  Aug 8, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The National Commission of Protected Areas of Mexico (CONANP) will be holding the Second International Whale Shark Conference on Isla Holbox, August 25 – 30

Ahoy, monsters of the deep  -  Aug 10, 2007
Times Online,These were basking sharks – the planet’s second largest fish after the whale shark – not creatures that get blown here by accident, but monsters that have

Tacoma gets its own taste of Shark Week  -  Aug 2, 2007
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),There are many different species of sharks that range in size from 7 inches long, the spined pygmy shark, up to 50 feet long, the whale shark.

Cornish Jaws: Top Five Shark Diving Trips  -  Jul 31, 2007
Lost Weekend,Where to see them: The whale shark's distribution is quite vast - basically all equatorial waters. Hunting has reduced numbers drastically in all areas

Researchers find largest whale sharks gathering off Mexico coast  -  Aug 2, 2007
Macon Telegraph,One whale shark traveled 550 miles in 31 days, and another dove 4514 feet into the ocean, the study shows. The Georgia Aquarium is the only facility outside

Researchers find largest whale sharks gathering off Mexico coast  -  Aug 2, 2007
WIS,One whale shark traveled 550 miles in 31 days, and another dove close to a mile. The Georgia Aquarium is the only facility outside Asia to display the

Old photos wanted  -  Aug 13, 2007
Hermanus Times,Photos of people, the village, shops, hospitals, schools, retirement villages, churches, development, guest houses, whale/shark industry, festivals,

SO DO YOU FANCY A DIP?  -  Aug 1, 2007
South Wales Evening Post,It is the largest fish in the world after a whale shark. Both are filter feeders, swimming around with their mouths open, sucking up swarms of tiny plants

Zen riding a wave of success  -  Jul 25, 2007
Auckland stuff.co.nz,An eight-metre shark was spotted during a competition at Piha last year and the surfers were called in. Zen figured it was probably a whale shark at that

21 - Bicol rises from destruction:  -  Jul 21, 2007
Balita.org,The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Bicol said the Butanding (whale shark) interaction has placed the coastal town of Donsol among the top five tourist

Manila to host ‘Cannes’ of underwater films  -  Aug 7, 2007
INQ7.net,...aquatic ecologist Jennifer Hayes; whale shark scientist Brad Norman; WUPF founder Michael Aw; and authors Daniel Mercier and Scott Tuason.

Scuba Vandals Wreck Jeddah Dive Platforms  -  Aug 5, 2007
Arab News,Lessons taking place on the platforms have been temporarily suspended as divers stopped to marvel at the occasional passing whale shark, manta ray,

Sound advice  -  Jul 26, 2007
Building.co.uk (subscription),Which only leaves one question: is a whale shark, at three times the cost of a dolphin, a bit of a rip-off? If you have any industry stories to tell us,

Divers connect to promote NMI dive spots  -  Aug 13, 2007
Saipan Tribune,We have it all, including wall dives, shore dives, wreck dives, cavern dives, top notch visibility, resident Eagle Rays and even the occasional Whale Shark,

Celebrate the Sea Marine Festival 2007 in the Philippines Brings ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
TravelVideo.tv (press release)Brad Norman – whale shark scientist, Michael Aw – author of Celebrate the Sea, Daniel Mercier – founder of World Underwater Picture Festival,

Georgia Aquarium works at being the world's biggest  25 Sep 2002
They know the girls are there, but they just tolerate them.". "Our goal is to tell the story of the whale shark," Davis said. "When ... - Baltimore Sun,

Seven-metre shark captured off Sesimbra coast  25 Sep 2002
Basking sharks are the second largest fish in the world, surpassed only by the whale shark, and can reach up to 12 metres in length. - Portugal News,

Huge whale shark Ralph gets a once over  Nov 9, 2006
Anesthesia drugs diluted in nearly 1500 gallons of water were force-flowed into the whale shark's mouth and across the gills during the two-hour procedure. ... - CNN

US aquarium puts spotlight on whale shark  Nov 9, 2006
Ralph and Norton, the aquarium's other male whale shark, arrived last June from Taipei, Taiwan, where they had been destined to become seafood. ... - Independent Online,

Whale shark expert wins award  Oct 25, 2006
Brad Norman has won an international award for a plan to involve thousands of ordinary people around the world in a project to save the vulnerable whale shark. ... - Sydney Morning Herald,

Whale shark expert wins international award  Oct 26, 2006
A marine biologist who created an online library of whale shark encounters from around the world has been chosen as a Laureate in the 2006 Rolex Awards for ... - Dive Magazine,

Whale sharks are huge draw at biggest indoor aquarium  Nov 21, 2006
The white dots on their bodies are like fingerprints, he said, which makes each whale shark unique. ... But for the whale shark, there are 10 large cells. ... - San Luis Obispo Tribune,

A peep into the deep  Nov 10, 2006
...a monitoring station for whale sharks to allow scientists to observe their movements, said Brad Norman, a founder of Ecocean, who runs a whale shark photo-ID ... - Gulf News,

To the edge of sharkness  Nov 17, 2006
...to swimming with a shoal of giant manta rays, then a leopard shark and a zebra shark and, before leaving the Indian Ocean, a whale shark — the biggest fish ... - The Sun,

Eyeball a Shark  Nov 18, 2006
Swimming gracefully like a whale shark, a 15-foot female great white, her neck covered with mating scars, circled the boat. Then a smaller male appeared. ... - Arizona Daily Star,

Travel extras, 11/19  Nov 19, 2006
Trip options include a seven-day whale shark snorkel ($2,390 per person), a seven-day whale shark dive ($2,590 per person), a five-day Blackbird Caye ... - Denver Post,

Checking up ... and checking in  Nov 9, 2006
Ralph the whale shark's checkup at the Georgia Aquarium shows he's gained anywhere from 500 pounds to a ton in the past 16 months. ... Whale shark: 22 feet. ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),

more species coming to Georgia Aquarium  Nov 18, 2006
...dinosaur book. And then. ... "There goes one of the guys." Marcus said. A whale shark, 22 feet long and growing, passed. It moved ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),

Making a difference  Nov 3, 2006
...inspired him to save them. In 1995, Norman started a photo-identification system to assist whale shark conservation. Based on a pattern ... - Bangkok Post,

Teeth bared in battle over world shark stocks  Nov 9, 2006
...only three shark species were on the Cites list of animals whose trade and consumption was in need of monitoring -- the Basking Shark, the Whale Shark and the ... - Mail & Guardian Online,

Day in pictures  Nov 17, 2006
A diver dressed as Santa Claus joins a whale shark for an event promoting Christmas celebrations at an aquarium in Osaka, Japan. ... - BBC News,

Sharkskin astronomy nets US$100,000  Oct 25, 2006
...and scuba divers the world over are encouraged to take a snap of the area just to the rear of the sharks' gills and email it to the whale shark database, www ... - Cosmos,

KANSAI: Who & What  Nov 18, 2006
Claus will appear in the 5,400-ton Pacific Ocean tank that is among the largest of its kind, home to 60 varieties of marine life including a whale shark and a ... - The Japan Times,

Fish stories on display  Nov 13, 2006
Despite the simple vessels, these fishermen caught fish displayed, such as an 800-pound hammerhead shark, a 45-foot whale shark -- which put up a 39-hour fight ... - Sun-Sentinel.com,

Animal Science  Nov 14, 2006
Its eggs, the largest of all birds, weigh up to three pounds. Fish: The whale shark, which is not a whale, reaches 46 feet in length and weighs up to 15 tons. ... - Fact Monster,

Environmentalists, villagers act to save ‘butandings’  Oct 25, 2006
...has become a popular destination in the Bicol region for local and foreign tourists after the place had been identified worldwide as a whale shark haven. ... - INQ7.net,

Day in pictures  Nov 13, 2006
...this year. People pause to look at Christmas lights in the shape of a whale shark outside the aquarium in Osaka, Japan. In character ... - BBC News,

Posted on : Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:15:01 GMT | Author : 3D ...  Nov 7, 2006
...now have the chance to share in this truly memorable encounter with the world's great shark species, such as the Great White, Whale Shark and Hammerhead," said ... - Earthtimes.org

Rolex Awards celebrates exceptional individuals  Nov 11, 2006
...cultural heritage; Brad Norman, an Australian environmentalist who implemented a global photo-identification database for whale shark conservation; Pilai ... - Jakarta Post,

Tank-of-gas getaways  Nov 10, 2006
Don’t miss Ocean Voyager where you will view the largest fish in the world, the whale shark, through the 100-foot long acrylic tunnel and the huge viewing ... - Rome News-Tribune,

Rolex Awards for Enterprise Announce 2006 Laureates  Oct 26, 2006
...his biological breakthrough in adapting an algorithm used in astronomy to establish a global photo-ID network to track and protect the whale shark, the world's ... - Yahoo! News (press release)

The Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureates 2006  Oct 27, 2006
Brad Norman: Establish a global photo-ID network for whale shark conservation Impelled by a love of the sea and its largest fish, the elusive whale shark ... - Canada NewsWire (press release),

An Indian among Rolex Enterprise Award winners  Oct 25, 2006
The other 2006 laureates are Alexandra Lavrillier for work among nomadic group in Siberia; Brad Norman for whale shark conservation globally; Pilai Poonswad ... - Hindu,

Day in pictures  Oct 26, 2006
...in London. Indonesian children play with a whale shark, the largest of all fish, which washed up at their fishing village. An Australian ... - BBC News,

Indian entrepreneur wins Rolex award  Oct 27, 2006
Brad Norman, an Australian environmentalist had implemented a global photo-identification database for whale shark conservation. - Times of India,

Efforts to save rare hornbill recognised with award  Oct 25, 2006
...runs a nomadic school for Evenk hunter-herders in Siberia, Australian Brad Norman, who created a global photo-ID network for whale shark conservation, Chanda ... - Bangkok Post,

Thai's "Mother Of Hornbills" Among Rolex Laureates For 2006  Oct 25, 2006
...cultural heritage; Brad Norman, an Australian environmentalist implementing a global photo-identification database for whale shark conservation; Chandra Shroff ... - Bernama,

EXCLUSIVE: Man behind the BBC's Planet Earth reveals the ...  Nov 4, 2006
A 30-ton whale shark was filmed off Venezuela gorging on fish rather than its normal plankton diet, proof that adaptation is the key to survival. ... - Sunday Mirror,

Hornbill research recognised by Rolex  Oct 28, 2006
...are Alexandra Lavrillier, who runs a nomadic school for hunter-herders in Siberia; Brad Norman, for his "photo-ID network for whale-shark conservation"; Chanda ... - Nation Multimedia,

Discovery Hotels bares Bicol hotel plans  Oct 25, 2006
The partners are also planning a small resort hotel on a four-hectare lot in Donsol town in Sorsogon, known for whale shark sightings. ... - INQ7.net,

The Best Kept Secret in the Caribbean  Nov 1, 2006
Here also to be found are the greatest variety of corals and sponges, the world’s best whale shark watching, and some of the least expensive dive ... - TravelVideo.tv (press release) [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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