yes
Yes, they are friendly. Divers have interacted with these amazing animals and they have shown no aggression.
Whale sharks are not generally dangerous to human beings; in fact, they are friendly and occasionally even give rides to divers. But whale Sharks are still big and strong animals. Like any big and strong animal they could do some damage if they decided to.
Sharks unlike whales breath through gills and do not have a blow hole scince they are adapted to go really deep down if a whale went really deep down it would not be able to come back up for air scince it would run out of time
Yes there are according to the 2009 report and also hamerhead sharks and copper sharks. It appears they dont need warm water either and mostly have attacked divers.
The major difference is whale sharks are huge. They're around 30 feet long on average and the largest specimen found was around 40 feet long. Also whale sharks are filter feeders, as in they only eat plankton and krill. They're harmless and divers can easily swim beside them or even hold on to them.
In the whale sharks family there are other whale sharks and other sharks
Generally speaking, no. They are sluggish, docile fish of tropical waters. They do not even have teeth, to speak of. But they are "wild animals", and are best left alone. Divers pass directly in front of, under and around them regularly, and the whale sharks ignore them.
Whale Sharks are sharks
They would probably cut the whale or themselves, and since Sharks can smell blood, they will attack. Sharks usually won't attack other than that. But if your surfing, don't do it near sharks, you will look like a seal.
Whale sharks - like the majority of sharks - are cold blooded.
yes. Whale sharks are very rare.
No, Whale Sharks are docile filter-feeders.