How to Use whale shark in a Sentence
whale shark
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In it, the whale shark is seen slowly swimming around the boat.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
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The boat’s net courses through the water like a gape-mouthed whale shark.
—Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
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The whale shark then poked its head out of the water again, and Sailor touched her nose with the whale shark's snout.
—People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
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Today, whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea—growing to nearly the size of a school bus.
—Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 4 June 2018
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The carcasses washed up on the beach range in size from small bait fish to a 26-foot-long whale shark.
—Jonathan Serrie, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
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Kern went swimming with whale sharks in the Philippines.
—Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
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Those on the boat estimated the whale shark was 25 to 30 feet long.
—Doug Phillips, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2019
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Sharks are rare, but whale sharks visit the region in the early spring.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020
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Megalodons are larger than whale sharks, but the largest shark alive is a whale shark.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
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Water sports, like diving with whale sharks off the coast of Cozumel, are a major draw.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
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People sometimes get brushed as a whale shark swims by.
—Linda Lombardi, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2019
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Older whale sharks will therefore have less and less Carbon-14.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2020
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Two whale sharks, the largest fish on the planet, glided around me, their blue-gray skin a Morse code of chalky dots and dashes.
—Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
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Some believe the whale shark is really the largest fish to ever live.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
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The whale shark’s massive fins, skin and liver oil are highly prized.
—Discover Magazine, 26 July 2017
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During the summer months, whale sharks come to the waters around Cancun.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024
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And whale sharks, which can reach up to 39 feet in length, conserve body heat simply because of their size.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2023
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The Georgia Aquarium — the largest in the U.S. — boasts gigantic whale sharks among its denizens.
—Linda Lombardi, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2019
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Using this method, the team found that based on vertebrae stripes, a 32-foot-long whale shark would be about 50 years old.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2020
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At over 25 tons, the whale shark is the second largest fish in the world, and yet it’s fueled mostly by plankton, plants, and algae.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
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In Cabo San Lucas, swim with whale sharks and supper along with sea lions.
—Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
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In season, a maximum of 14 tour boats are allowed to look for whale sharks.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023
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The whale shark Krivohlavek saw was reportedly around 20-25 feet long.
—Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 7 Nov. 2018
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The largest shark is typically the largest fish, too, like today’s largest living fish, the whale shark.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
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The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
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But the whale shark tissue of these whale sharks from Ningaloo was different.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
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But, whereas the whale shark can grow to the length of a subway car, WasteShark is only five feet long, three and a half feet wide, and a foot and a half thick.
—Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
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Photos of the encounter show the whale shark breaking through the army of barracudas and swimming through the pure blue ocean.
—Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2019
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The reef surrounding the beaches is home to schools of fish (like barracuda and snapper), turtles, and even whale sharks.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
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And, given the majestic nature of the sea surrounding, hotel guests have the privilege to dive and snorkel alongside blacktip reef sharks, humpback whales, and whale sharks.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2024
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