01-07-2019, 10:32 PM
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The whale shark is the largest fish alive today. The average size of adult whale sharks is estimated at 9.8 m (32 ft) and 9 tonnes. The largest verified specimen was caught on 11 November 1949, near Baba Island, in Karachi, Pakistan. It was 12.65 m (41.5 ft) long and weighed about 21.5 tonnes. Stories exist of larger specimens with lengths of 18 m (59 ft) and 45.5 tonnes are common in the popular literature, but no scientific records support their existence. The whale shark holds many records for sheer size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living non mammalian vertebrate.
