The whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. An individual with a length of 18.8 m has been considered the largest reliably recorded. The wh
The great white shark, also known as the white shark, white pointer, or great white, is a large shark. It is closely related to the mako sharks, the porbeagle, and the salmon shark. It is a robustly b
Whale shark
…have been observed working together to flip over whale sharks to eat their nutrient-rich livers. Large sharks such as tiger sharks, blue sharks, and great white sharks occasionally target weaker whale sharks. Blue marlin may also prey on very young whale sharks. Despite their great size, whale sharks pose no danger…
White shark
Evolution from C. hastalis to C. carcharias
White shark skeleton
Sizes of two white sharks sampled during a NOAA fisheries survey