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Are whale sharks or basking Sharks bigger?
The largest whale shark ever recorded was a colossal 14 metres (46 feet) long, bigger than some whales! The largest basking shark was 12 metres (39 feet) long, only 2 metres shorter than the whale shark, but the whale shark is much chunkier and can weigh 13,600 kilograms (30,000 pounds)!
How much did the biggest shark weigh?
In water, sharks can weight 50 pounds, land they weight to 100 to 500.
Is the whale shark bigger than the blue whale?
No. Whale sharks are the largest known fish alive today, but blue whales (which are mammals) are the largest known animals. Whale sharks are up to 50 feet long and can weigh over 23 tons, but blue whales are up to 100 feet long and weigh 200 tons.
How much whales and sharks weight?
A Whale Shark can average up to a length of 18 to 32.8 ft. and the can weigh up to 20.6 tons!
Can a great white shark eat a blue whale?
No because the blue whale is much bigger.
Can a blue whale eat a great white shark?
No because the blue whale is much bigger.
Is shark bigger than a whale?
Whales are much bigger than sharks. Even baby whales are bigger. Trivia: The mechanical shark in Jaws was named "Bruce" after Speilberg's lawyer.
Is whale bigger than whale shark?
This depends entirely on the species of the whale in question. The whale shark can grow to be 46 feet long and weigh over 15 tons. In comparison, narwhals are about 16.5 feet long and 1.5 tons, and Orcas are 32 feet long and 2.5 to 9 tons. While the whale shark is much larger than these two species, it's not nearly as large as the blue whale, which is 100 feet long and 110 tons.(Whale sizes credited to the American Cetacean Society)
Which fish can weigh twice as much as an African elephant?
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the biggest shark and the biggest fish in the sea. It is NOT a whale. Whale sharks measure up to 20 m long and weigh up t0 34,000 kg. source: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=47
What do whale sharks eat?
The whale shark is a filter feeder. The whale shark's diet consists of plankton, small fishes , and sometimes larger fishes. They feed by opening their mouth wide and swimming around near the surface, therefore, they eat pretty much whatever floats into their mouth as long as they can swallow it.
How much food can a whale shark eat at one time?
200pd
What is bigger a megalodon shark or a whale shark?
The prehistoric Megalodon shark, extinct over a million years ago, was found to reach over 52 feet in fossil records. The Whale shark, largest living fish in the ocean today, can reach over 40 feet in length.
