November 22, 2008

Whale Shark at Koh Tao Island, Thailand


Whale Shark at Koh Tao Island, Thailand
Originally uploaded by takau99

Chumporn Pinnacle of Koh Tao Island, Thailand.

November 4, 2008

November 2, 2008

Whale Shark at Koh Tao Island


Whale Shark at Koh Tao Island
Originally uploaded by takau99

"Chumporn Pinnacle" of Koh Tao Island, Thailand.


Whale shark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. (40 ft.) in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes (15 short tons). This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhinodontes before 1984), which is grouped into the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea and can live for about 70 years.[3] The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years ago."


November 1, 2008