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Whale Sharks - Giants of the deep

Whale sharks have seasonly been a somewhat common site in Hawaiian waters for as long as anyone here can remember.

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Snorklers Encounter Big Whale Shark

Despite its name and size, the whale shark is not a whale but classified in a family of its own "Rhincodontidae". Its closest relatives are the leopard and nurse sharks.

The world's largest fish, some as big as a school bus and weighing up to 37 tons, are not aggressive. No one knows how long these fish live. Some estimates have said up to 180 years.

Females can carry up to 300 eggs. They hatch inside the mother but very few survive to maturity. Once the juvenile has established itself the mother will leave it and move on.

The channel between Maui and Molokai is one of Hawaii’s most pristine dive sites, favored by manta rays, sharks, whales and whale sharks.

Wild Side works with Ecocean to identify whale sharks through photo identification and thus to monitor their comeback after recent bans on fishing whale sharks

Whale Shark photos by Kara Benson, Wild Side crew member

Rare Albino Whale Shark

Whale Shark With Small Fish Wallpaper

Click the size you would like to download: 800 x 600 pixels—best for smaller monitors 1024 x 768 pixels—best for medium-size monitors Gentle giants, whale sharks filter-feed, swimming with their wide mouths open, collecting plankton and small fish. Photograph by Brian J. Skerry

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