Whale Sharks are Sharks "big as a whale". They Breathe with gills and don't have to Surface.
They often do though, b/c they find a lot of food Close to the Surface.
Filter feeding whale sharks stay close to the surface, where their food is most abundant during daylight.
In the whale sharks family there are other whale sharks and other sharks
Whale sharks live in all seas that are tropical or warm-temperate.Generally whale sharks range no further south than South America and no further north than the United States. They prefer warmer waters near the equator.== Whale sharks live in warm waters near the equator, both along the coast and in the open seas. They spend most of their time near the surface.
Whale Sharks are sharks
1) Whales are mammals and do not have gills, they come to the surface to breathe.2) Whale Sharks have gills and as other sharks receive oxygen through the water.3) Whales sharks have the same cartilaginous skeleton structure as other sharksTthe reason its called WHALE shark is because it is the largest of all the sharks, and as whales are the currently biggest mammals on the earth it only seems appropriate.No. it isn't a reptile.
Whale sharks - like the majority of sharks - are cold blooded.
yes. Whale sharks are very rare.
No, Whale Sharks are docile filter-feeders.
There are 100,000 to 200,000 whale sharks left
They are Sharks, therefore a fish. Very, very big: Plankton eaters.
whale sharks have a steady diet of plankton all of their lives
Whale sharks can grow to be 46 feet long!