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Rare Encounter with a Baby Whale Shark! 🐳🦈👼 Recently, a whale shark pup was accidentally caught off the coast of Gujarat, India! 🇮🇳 The shark was quickly freed from the net and released back into the ocean!! At birth whale sharks are 40-60cm (16-24in) in length! Whale sharks grow slowly but can reach lengths of over 40 feet (12 metres) long!!! | natures.reality

Recently, A whale shark pup (neonate, was caught as accidental by-catch by fishers off the coast of Veraval #Gujarat. Thanks to the swift and compassionate action of local fishers, the net was cut, and the pup was safely released back into the sea. This marks the 19th pup sighting recorded under WTI’s Pan India Whale Shark Project in Gujarat. In collaboration with the @gujforestdept and with the support of @tata_chemicals, this initiative has inspired fisherfolk to voluntarily release 988 whale

Whale shark filter-feeding in slow motion: A plankton's worst nightmare! Earlier this month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its latest red list assessment which has upgraded the whale shark from vulnerable to endangered. The organization cited fishing and ship strikes as key reasons the population has more than halved in the past 75 years. Whale sharks are one of only three filter-feeding sharks in the world, and are highly migratory animals, widely distribute

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