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Meanings of whale shark in English
Portuguese
tubarão-baleia Catalan
tauró balena Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton.
Usage of whale shark in English
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We should also stay at least 5m away from any part of the whale shark.
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Divers have rescued a whale shark caught in thick rope off the coast of Mexico.
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There would be few places safer for a young whale shark to grow up in.
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But for now, the whale shark will patrol his lonely lagoon, with supporters on all sides.
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The whale shark is the world's largest fish and can grow up to 18 metres long.
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Tiger sharks and the occasional great white and whale shark can be seen farther out to sea.
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Here is an animation that they made directly from their recordings, that shows a whale shark swimming.
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He's been less successful in capturing whale shark defecation in the water, though not for lack of trying.
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The largest database of its kind, it's used by whale shark researchers from Mozambique, Belize, Mexico and Australia.
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The whale shark is the world's largest fish and can grow up to 18 metres… Read more Audio
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Because whale shark patterns are a permanent tag, they let researchers gather data about single animals over unprecedentedly long times.
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But a colleague on the research trip had observed whale shark defecation first-hand, and said their food was barely digested.
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Passengers and crew on a dolphin-watching cruise near Tauranga have been treated to a rare sighting of a whale shark.
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Passengers and crew on a dolphin-watching cruise near Tauranga were treated to a rare sighting of a whale shark on Tuesday.
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Environmentalists have called for the release of the whale shark from the lavish Atlantis Hotel, built on the Palm Jumeirah Island.
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They monitored the swimming motion of the whale shark, the white shark, the northern fur seal, and the southern elephant seal.