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No, but the basking shark comes close. The whale shark can be 45 feet and more, and the basking shark reaches 37 feet.
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Is a whale shark a bird or a whale?
Whale Sharks are sharks
Is a basking shark longer than a whale shark?
No. The whale shark can attain lengths up to fifty feet, while the maximum for basking sharks is around 40 feet.
Are whale sharks a fish or a mammal?
The whale shark is the largest living shark, therefore, the largest fish.
What shark can be a filter feeder shark?
Basking Sharks and Whale sharks
Can a shark eat a whale shark Are sharks cannibals?
Sharks can not eat whale sharks as whale sharks are proportionally bigger than sharks. Sharks may scavenge off dead whale sharks but the probability of live whale sharks being eaten is highly unlikely. Some species of shark are cannibals and babies will often eat each other while inside the womb.______________________________________________________________________________Just a short note to remind whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) were contemporaneous with C. Megalodon, and in the same waters.That contributed for the whale shark to be included in the megalodon's menu although they have been extinct for millions of years.
Why are whale sharks called whale shark?
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a shark, which is a fish. It should not be confused with a whale, which is a mammal.Whale sharks have this common name only because they are the largest living sharks in today's oceans.
Which is bigger whale or shark?
Well, a whale SHARK is a shark...it's the biggest shark, and the biggest fish as well.
Which is the largest of all fishes whale sharks or beluga whale?
Whale sharks. Whale sharks can grow up to 50 feet, while belugas only grow to about 15-20 feet.
Is a whale a sharks prey?
No, a whale diet is not on a shark.
Are whale sharks whales?
no Whale Sharks are large fish in the shark family. Whale sharks are actually not whales. Even though they can be as long as almost two buses they are sharks. They can't hurt you like some other sharks can because they don't really have any teeth. What makes them sharks? Well, they breath out of their gills instead of through a blow hole. They have rough scally skin like sharks and they also lay eggs.A whale shark is a shark, the largest living fish in the world, yet it is a filter feeder.Even though it doesnt have the same diet as a shark, it is a shark.its a shark but is named a whale shark for its large stature and feedingIt's a shark. The only thing it got in common with whales is its size.A Whale Shark is a fish and a member of the shark family. It is called a Whale Shark because the grow to very large size.
Do sharks eat plankton?
Filter feeding Sharks, like the Basking Shark and the whale Shark eats plankton on purpose. Other Sharks might get some by accident.
Is a whale shark a hybrid species?
Whale Sharks are Sharks, but big as some whales.
