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Mermaid Minute is my ocean educational series for kids of all ages. My wish is to provide free ocean "edutainment" for anyone with access to a computer :)

Let's learn about WHALE SHARKS!

Whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean

They can grow up to 60 feet and weigh 37 tons!

These sharks are as big as a whale! But they won't eat humans, They’re gentle giants

A whale shark’s mouth can be over 3 feet wide and is used for straining their prey like a sieve.

Their large gill slits help them filter feed and to gather oxygen from the seawater

Whale sharks live mostly on plankton and small fish, and migrate to their food sources.

Their spot patterns are unique to each animal, like fingerprints, so we can use this to identify them!

Whale sharks don’t have bones instead they have cartilage, like your ears are made from

We don’t know for sure, but we believe they can live to be over 100 years old

They reproduce starting at age 30 and have only a few offspring during their lifetimes

This makes them very vulnerable

They live in warm water (can you blame them?)

In fact, humans and habitat loss are the only threat to whale sharks

You can adopt a whale shark like I did through the Shark Research Institute and help scientists protect and learn more about these awesome creatures!

And that's a WHALE SHARK in a MERMAID MINUTE!

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