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KARACHI: A whale shark died after it became entangled in a net cast off the Hawkesbay beach and the 300-kilo fish was dragged on to the shore by local fishermen on Monday morning.
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On a research mission to the Gulf of Mexico last week, in waters 70 miles of the coast of Louisiana but still clear of the oil and gas spewing from BP's runaway well, Earle and scientist Eric Hoffmayer were surrounded by dozens of supersized whale sharks.
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Add one more animal to BP's ever-growing list of victims: the whale shark, which researchers observed this week in dangerous proximity to the gulf oil spill. Of course, it is far from the only member of the animal kingdom to be threatened by one of humankind's worst environmental disasters in years
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ATLANTA — Inside a few small vials at the world's largest aquarium is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the planet's biggest fish. Scientists at the Georgia Aquarium and Emory University are teaming up to produce the first genome of the whale shark, bidding to catalogue the DNA of a fish that long has puzzled researchers.
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IT is a warm, cloudless April morning off Australia's North West Cape and I'm standing on the backboard of Magellan, a 20m charter boat, peering into a churning sea.
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It was a rare sight about 23 miles southwest of Sarasota ; a pod of 10 whale sharks, the world's largest living fish species, feeding off fish eggs and plankton. The whale sharks didn't appear to be in distress, though some think the whale sharks may be among the many marine creatures that seem to be congregating closer to shore than normal, avoiding their normal habitat because of the Gulf oil spill.
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Dubai: The satellite tag of a baby female whale shark released back into the wild by a Dubai hotel's marine department earlier this year has popped up showing where she travelled for 33 days.
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IT's a beautiful but rare sight - a seven metre whale shark cruises past divers off the Far Northern coast in a spotting tipped to be the only one of the year.
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Friday brought two whale sharks just offshore of Sarasota, each was more than 20 feet long. The visit offered a rare opportunity for Mote Marine Laboratory scientists to outfit the sharks with satellite tags.
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Donsol, Philippines (CNN) -- "Welcome to Donsol, the home of the gentle giants," Alan Amanse says smiling broadly at us as we awkwardly scramble onto the traditional fishing boat.
"We have something must be followed; the rules about whale shark interaction."
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