The Whale Sharks of La Paz

Описание: Just off the coast of La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur in Mexico, you can go swimming with those gentle giants!


Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest shark, and are deemed the largest fishes alive today. They feed on plankton and travel large distances to find enough food to sustain their huge size, and to reproduce. Whale sharks are found in all the tropical oceans of the world
The maximum size of whale sharks is not known, but could be as large as 20m. Females give birth to live young but this has never been observed. Where pupping occurs and where the youngest animals situate remains a mystery, as they are very rarely found. Adults are often found feeding at the surface, but they may dive to 1000m.
Scientists believe that some individuals swim across entire oceans to arrive just in time for a plankton bloom or a mass spawning of fish or coral eggs.
Whale sharks give birth to hundreds of very small babies (approximately 20 inches/45 cm). Even more interesting, after internal fertilization, the female whale shark actually produces hard, reinforced egg cases but then keeps them safely inside her abdomen until they hatch, at which point she gives live birth.

Whale sharks are also unique in that they are covered with white spots, and every individual apparently has its own spot pattern.


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