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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)!
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Are all sharks bigger than orcas?
no! orcas are larger than most sharks some sharks are bigger like great white sharks,basking sharks,whale sharks and megamouth sharks
What shark can be a filter feeder shark?
Basking Sharks and Whale sharks
What sharks do not eat meat?
The basking and the whale shark do not eat any meat as well as the dwarf lantern shark.
What do the whale and basking sharks eat?
Plankton.
Do basking sharks eat only fish?
no! basking sharks and whale sharks are the apex predetors they both eat plankton,fish,krill and squd
Are whales bigger than great white sharks?
The great whales are. (Blues, Finbacks, Sperm, Greys) There are smaller whales - Minkes, for example - and a great white might be as big or bigger that one of them. Incidentally, great whites are NOT the biggest sharks. Basking sharks and the appropriately named whale sharks are bigger still. Even the biggest whale shark isn't as big as the biggest whale, though.
What is the tiny food for big shark?
Depends on what you mean by "big Sharks". Whale Sharks and basking Sharks eat plankton and Krill. The other "big Sharks" eat bigger stuff. fish, seals etc
Are great white sharks bigger than basking sharks?
Basking sharks are meat eaters they love to eat little children from ages 1-18 and swim around slowly with their mouths wide open. They are larger than the great white and are of a gray colour.The great white eats things like seals and have a mouth full of impressive teeth the jaws of which they can telescope outwards. They are a very active swimmer and are paler in colour.Addendum: All the above is correct except the part about basking sharks being meat eaters. They are plankton eaters.
What do Whale sharks Basking sharks and Mega Sharks eat?
They eat sub species like plankton, And it is called a megamouth shark.
What is the whale sharks sister shark called?
basking shark
Which ocean fish are filter feeders and where can you find pictures of them on the web?
Goggle or yahoo
Name one filter feeding shark?
Basking, and whale sharks.
