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The whale shark, rhincodon typus, is the largest shark currently alive. They can grow to 12 metres, about twice the length of a great white. The largest shark ever is the megalodon, carcharocles megalodon, is now extinct; it is believed that they could grow to anywhere between 13 and 18 metres long (the largest accepted variations in estimate).

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