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Swimming speed and style There is little information on how fast Whale Sharks swim due to the difficulty and costs associated in tracking them. However the Whale Sharks that have been tracked have generally been slow swimmers, averaging 1km/hr, but capable of short bursts of strong, powerful swimming occasionally reaching 3.9 km/hr (Eckert & Stewart, 2001). Feeding
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