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tawadi

(2,110 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 06:28 PM Feb 2012

Giant whale shark washes ashore

Residents gather as a whale shark is pulled from the water by cranes after it was found dead at Karachi's fish harbor February 7, 2012. A giant whale shark washed ashore near Karachi fisheries harbor on Tuesday and was sold for 1.7 million PKR ($18,758), local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY BUSINESS)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/giant-whale-shark-washes-ashore-1328633340-slideshow

(Must see photo)

Anybody else wondering if this whale shark died from that polluted water?

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Giant whale shark washes ashore (Original Post) tawadi Feb 2012 OP
sold it? what does one do with a dead whale shark? nt msongs Feb 2012 #1
Great museum display, I guess. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #2
Food? geardaddy Feb 2012 #4
They're surface-level filter feeders, so who knows what that poor creature ingested. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #3
Great photos...poor thing, though...knr joeybee12 Feb 2012 #5

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
3. They're surface-level filter feeders, so who knows what that poor creature ingested.
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 06:40 PM
Feb 2012

Hopefully a necropsy will answer what happened.

Sharks are all faring poorly in collapsing marine ecosystems.

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