#whale shark posting

[suspicious-whumping-egg]

Hey blue, could you tell me about whale sharks? :]

-LT

WHALE SHARKKSSSSSSS

Whale sharks (scientific name Rhincodon Typus) are the largest fish in the sea (specifically females)! The longest whale shark recorded is 61.5 feet long, and the heaviest about 47,000 pounds, or 23.5 tons! Their mouths can be around 4-5 feet wide. They also have the thickest skin of any animal, with various sources estimating it to be anywhere between 4-11 inches thick! Their spot patterns are unique like fingerprints and can be used for identification.

Whale sharks are gentle, slow swimming (up to 3 mph) filter feeders that swim around, open their mouth, suction in water like a vacuum, and eat the little organisms that end up inside! These include plankton, krill, and squid! They have tiny little teeth on the inside of their mouth so when the water floods in, the organisms are trapped in the mouth, and then the water goes back out their gills. They have very small throats so they can only eat small organisms, and as such, they pose no threat to humans.

Like many types of sharks, whale sharks are covered in teeth-like scales called dermal denticles that reduce drag while swimming. However, unlike most sharks, whale sharks have these denticles ON THEIR EYES! It is thought to be that this is a method of protecting the eye, and whale sharks can also retract their eyes between 1/2 inch and 1 inch into their skulls to protect them.

Another fun fact is that no one has ever seen a whale shark give birth!! However, it is known that whale sharks are ovivipariois, meaning the pups (baby whale sharks) hatch from eggs while still inside the mother and then the mother gives birth to live young. A pregnant whale shark was caught and the number of embryos inside her were counted at around 300, so it’s estimated they give birth to about 300 pups at a time. Unfortunately, whale shark pups do have predators including other shark species and orcas, even though adult whale sharks are mainly only threatened by humans, and the survival rate of a whale shark pup to adulthood about one in ten.

Human threat is of high concern to whale sharks, as they are an endangered species. Habitat loss due to overfishing and pollution, illegal poaching and selling of whale shark fins, oil, and meat, entanglement in nets and other debris, boat strikes, and unsustainable tourism all pose threats to these remarkable creatures. However, sustainable ecotourism provides a valuable incentive to keep these animals thriving and their environments intact.

Whale sharks are highly migratory animals that prefer deep trenches of water next to a shallower shelf, as nutrients rise into the shallow water and then they can dive to feed on plankton, krill, squid, etc before coming up to warm back up in the shallow area. Prime coastal feeding spots (at certain times in the season) include Ningaloo Reef in Australia, Cancun, Isla Mujeres, and Isla Holbox in Mexico, Mafia Island in Tanzania, Utila in Honduras, Donsol Bay in the Philippines, the Galápagos Islands, Tofo Beach in Mozambique, and the South Ari Atoll in the Maldives.

For many of these places, ecotourism involving whale shark snorkeling excursions has boosted the area’s economy while providing a powerful incentive for the natural environment to be preserved. However, overcrowding can prove a danger to these beautiful fish, so an ethical whale shark snorkeling trip must: forbid “chumming the waters” or feeding the whale sharks to attract them, limit the number of tourists and boats in the area at a time, only allow snorkeling so the whale shark can safely and quickly swim out of a tourists’ reach if frightened or distressed, and prohibit tourists from touching the whale sharks because touching a whale shark can disrupt the delicate mucous membranes over their skin that help protect them from parasites and bacteria.

I fell in love with whale sharks after seeing them at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the only aquarium in the West to house whale sharks. These whale sharks came from Taiwan, in the mid/late 2000s, and were transported by a UPS plane in specially built tanks!

Links for if you want to learn more, assist conservation, or just for fun!

World Wildlife Fund: Facts and Conservation (article)

WWF: Adopt a Whale Shark (and receive whale shark stuffie!)

Britannica: Whale Sharks

Georgia Aquarium: Whale Shark Facts (article)

How the Whale Sharks got from Taiwan to Atlanta (video)

One Minute Whale Shark Informational Video

Watch a livestream of the whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium!!

One of my whale shark stuffies

Yellow lab kisses a whale shark (my favorite video on the Internet)

Whale Shark Octonauts (it’s literally so cute) and creature report song. (both videos)

#whale sharks #whale shark #whalesharkposting #whale shark posting #rhincodon #rhincodon typus

[sharkshenanigans2]

literally!!

#sharks #marine animals #marine biology #shark #atlantic ocean #pacific ocean #ocean #shark post #shark memes #lemon shark #epaulette shark #hammerhead shark #blacktip reef shark #great white shark #whale shark #chilling pic moments before 14ft great white shark mauled surfer shows haunting clue beast is about to pounce #shark thoughts

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

#sharks are my roman empire #always on my miiiinnnndddd #sharks #sharks are cool #shark blog #shark post #i love sharks #just a girl who loves sharks #whale shark #blue shark #hammerhead shark #great hammerhead

[emry-stars-art]

Whalemack!

He’s a gray/grey whale, very nice and VERY big (though about half the size of a blue whale). He’s been mostly solitary for a while, sometimes joining other whales on their migrations, but then he starts collecting little mer children that make travel hard. I’ll probably add some scars from boats/etc to this design. And we need to figure out if mers have tattoos 🧐

#hello half dolphin/half whale Kevin #ahem #yeah the little unmarked thing at the top of the size comparison chart is me figuring out exactly how small a basking shark pup should be #there is a certain little lost basking shark baby that Wymack finds floating dangerously in the middle of the ocean #so he takes him and carries him while he sleeps #and after that the shark kind of swims in and out of his care #little thing’s got a habit of slipping away from him #(until he can’t) #but this is for another post that I’m publishing in like three seconds #or like three minutes #ANYWAY #whalemack can carry all his kids at once #big strong dad #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #david wymack #mer au #oops all mers au #whalemack #mer research notes

[acorviart]

so my whale shark sock samples came in and they also work as hand puppets

#socks #whale shark #merch #now to figure out how to take good pics of these without posting feet pics

[cinnamon-flame]

I drew these for mermay, but I never posted them in may so they were just abandoned in my drawings folder. But I actually quite like these so I'm posting them now!

#I like the seal the best #also I love seeing mammalian mermaids #seals dolphins and whales are always top tier mermaid designs #I might make some of these ocs in the future #mermaids were surprisingly fun to draw #Also I really need to make a tag for my stuff becasue I wanted to check if I posted these and I had to look up all my post from that time #I can't keep doing this #mermaid #mermaids #seal #whale shark #jungle perch #fish #cinnamon's doodles

[ms-all-sunday]

pjs posting every single character what they wear to bed lets go

luffy - the exact same thing he wears everyday no changes. everybody wants to kill him for this and they eventually get him out of the sleep jeans post TS but it takes an unreasonable amount of time

zoro - very little or nothing at all. naked completely. (sensory issues) nami buys him a robe so they dont have to see him naked in the middle of the night and its a compromise.

nami - she has a LOT of pjs for every occasion and when she wears her own it radically depends on what the circumstances are. keyword there is when she wears her own. chronic stealer of clothes (in general) but also especially to sleep in because people arent usually wearing their own clothes anyway. the only clothes she hasnt stolen temporarily to sleep in is luffys sleep jeans and sanjis suits and frankys sleep-speedo. everything else is fair game. she will also do this directly from the laundry pile and will never admit that to anybody. (she thinks its gross and like depending on the item of clothing yeah it is. its never TOO gross though she has standards)

usopp - normal about it. he has his own pjs and when its hot he sleeps in only his underwear and uh because of sleeping arrangements yeah its hot a lot of the time.

sanji - objectively not normal about it. sleeps in his SUITS. hes convinced out of them easier than luffy is the sleep jeans but he needs fabric covering every part of his body at all times because he has sensory issues. (nami buys him pjs but they go shopping together he slowly gets more and more extra with his pj preferences over time but they always have to cover every inch of them unless in very specific circumstances.) hes also similar to nami in the sense that he'll wear other peoples shit to bed but he's less indiscriminate and more secretive about it.

chopper - he has a small pair of pjs for when he gets cold which isn't often and it's only pants as opposed to his shorts (which are made out of pj fabric anyways)

robin - VICTORIAN NIGHTGOWN. not all of them are white, some of them are other colours. black. purple. one of them is blue and its quite pretty. post TS she gets nightgown colours matching all her family/expands out of the historical nightgowns but still wears nightgowns. (she morbidly loves the red one she bought matching luffy because it makes her look like even more of a murdered ghost than before) it's also because of sensory issues similar to zoros and the opposite of sanjis but she just opts for loose fitting clothing instead of no clothing at all. the thriller bark outfit was actually pjs. robin loved being in wano similar to zoro because the clothes there fit her sensory issues better than most regions.

franky - the same swimsuit and it didnt last long. complaints were lodged (robin doesnt mind swimsuit material normally under the light of the sun and god but uh in the case of sleeping absolutely not. chopper complained too because he likes to curl up on frankys lap and he doesnt like the swimsuit material either) he took them in and adjusted. he now has normal fabric underwear that looks like a speedo. (hand crafted by himself)

he also made modifications to his front so he'd be a better texture/softness for cuddling at literally everybodys request. he was so very happy about this honestly even though he realized the challenge of remaining indestructible but still cuddle-able he was up for it if it meant his family wanted to hug him more. (he made these changes before ts but really considered them post ts and made even better modifications then. EVERYBODY approved.)

brook - he likes historical pjs like robin does but goes for masc and fem versions hes like similar amount of normal to usopp. BUT he does have to pad his pjs with some kind of fluffy material so they're a little thicker than they would be for a normal person (nobody likes sleeping with an overly boney skeleton. and he sows them in himself) and he doesnt have to worry about getting hot because he has no body heat. (this is also why he manages to layer so many clothing items on eachother despite it being generally pretty hot) he is a robe person but not by force like Zoro is and robin will take it (sometimes they share pjs and it's an agreed upon thing unlike their younger crewmates whom of which two of them are just immature thieves.)

#modposts #op #one piece #headcanons #yeah i love making headcanon posts like this #did this instead of drawing robin in namis pjs which i will do #i just wanted to think about All Of Them you understand #jimbei btw is incredibly good to sleep with hes cold blooded which is very fun if youre sleeping with a lot of people and his outfits are #all good textures. hes got all figured out #do fishmen have scales? the only thing about sleeping with him would be his texture. is it blubber? how soft are sharks generally? i assume #soft #looked it up theyre rough RARE JIMBEI L #assuming he is the same texture as an actual whale shark which you could argue not #you could argue hes soft and i will personally be thinking this until further notice #unless oda canonifies rough jimbei ill be assuming he is soft #straw hat crew

[black-salt-cage]

ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

#💙 sugar life posting 🌙 #animals #animalcore #marine life #whale sharks #sharks #sharkblr #sharkcore #stimming #stimblr #stim #stimmy #black #gray #white #gifsets #gifs #oceancore #oceans #water

[hyydraworks]

Working on thermal label doodles to help make my packing process easier. I’ll still definitely be including Kraft paper drawings in some orders, but these friends will be becoming more common on my packages. Many kind reviews on Etsy comment on my drawings on packages, some even mentioning it being a real high light of their order. As much as I love putting a hand drawn thank you on every piece that goes out it has slowly taken more and more time when that could be better put to making more lil guys! Thank you for understanding and to be sure, little animal doodles will never cease 🙏

#hyydraworks #doodle #whale shark #chicken #text post #digital art #cow #illustration #handmade

[awzominator]

MERMAY MERMAY MERMAY

I wanna cuddle w whale shark so bad look at they dumb little faces

#Mermay #mermay 2023 #mermaid #whale shark #illustration #Idk how often I’ll post a mermay here but I liked this one so I’m sharing it #Awzominator art

[suspicious-whumping-egg]

Tell me something you think is cool about something you’re interested in

whale sharks can retract their eyeballs 1/2 inch to 1 inch inside their heads!!!! it’s a protective mechanism!!!!

#rhincodon #whale shark posting

[sharkie-malarkie]

DYK…

whale sharks eat krill, crab and fish larvae, small schooling fish and jellyfish.

whale sharks are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, and their populations are currently decreasing. They face a range of threats, including vessel strikes, bycatch, fisheries, finning, tourism, and climate change.

whale sharks (pups) are about 16 to 24 inches in length, which is amazing, since full-grown whale sharks on average are about 18 to 33 feet (6 to 10 m) long!!

#icl i stole this post layout from those jjk headcannon thingies 😔 #sharks #marine biology #shark #ocean #marine life #sea creatures #sea #ocean life #aquatic #sea life #sealife #whale #whale shark #water

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

I love the comparison of whale sharks looking like they belong in the stars ✨✨💕

#created from the stars #starry shark #whale shark #shark blog #sharks #shark post #shark meme #shark cartoon #so cute

[puppiland]

i lov whale sharks !! specially jinbesan !

#sfw agere #age regression #age regressor #pet regression #kawaiicore #agere blog #agedre #agere #agere post #jinbesan #whale shark

[lampternfish]

Hello, hi

This is unusual for a shark fortress 2 post

But

IM MAKING A DTIYS!

Feel free to tag me n stuff, any medium is cool, go wild, go crazy, hell draw him in a skirt thats intrigueing, maybe even turn him into desmos calculator art.

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #team fortress two #soldier tf2 #tf2 soldier #shark fortress 2 #if youre reading this #uh #idk #congrats for reading? #wow #youre still reading this? #ill let you in on something #they turn into hyperrealistic aharks when they get to the surface spongebob style #imagine a talking whale shark heavy stranded on the beach #LEETLE HUMAN MUST PUSH HEAVY BACK INTO OCEAN #HEAVY! #this is a soldier post we must be patriotic #raghhh america!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 #WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER!?!?!?!

[sharkshowdown]

Shark fact of the day:

There are lots of videos of people saying its the Megalodon, and that it's proof it exists... It's 70% of the time, a basking shark.

That's the one.

Those videos usually happen when people underestimate the size of the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), being the second biggest alive today.

The biggest specimens can reach around 12 meters (39 feet), though they usually chill at around 6.7-8.8m (22-29 feet)

Which is pretty huge.

According to a quick google research that may be wrong, it would be around the size of an aparment with 5 floors including the ground one.

Despite their size, they're pretty much harmless to us, being a filter feeding species, meaning they eat plankton.

So whenever a video like that appears, just guess: basking shark.

If you're wrong, you can also just bet on the great white, which is the third biggest shark, or the actual biggest shark: the whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

The biggest one reached 19 meters long (~62 feet).

Though this one has spots, so it's easier to guess.

#sharks #not a poll #basking shark #whale shark #idk i just wanted to ramble #MY PHONE LAGGED SO BAD WHEN I TRIED TO POST THIS #MY AUTISM LAGGED MY PHONE