Whale Shark

I saw and photographed this one while snorkeling with them off the coast of the Yucatan at a place called Holbox. They guarantee the chance to snorkel with one if you go there in August and it is incredible to be in the water swimming with them.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

That is awesome, what an adventure! Posted 8 years ago
1. Barry
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Christant, yes it was amazing and I recommend it to everyone. By the way, thanks alot for all of the support and enthusiasm. I stumbled onto your site while looking for wildlife pictures to help me identify something I had seen and became a member, but for many months only just looked at the pictures you send around every week. Then having just returned from Nepal, I decided to post my Indian rhinoceros close-up on a whim and your enthusiastic response encouraged me to get more involved and post other photos. I am having a lot of fun - it is a great website and I love all the features (well, except maybe for the process to change your avatar :-). Anyway, you've done a great job with this website and I just wanted to say thanks! Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks a lot for the kind words, Barry, and I glad you went from viewer to contributor. Wildlife is best when shared :) Without, we wouldn't have this:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/user/2813/wildlifemap
    
    And please do call me Ferdy. Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Barry
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks Ferdy, and well, you deserve the praise. This website works almost flawlessly and the species identifyer and geolocators are terrific. I can easily see that you know your way around software! Posted 8 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks again :) Posted 8 years ago
      2. Barry
        
        Lion
        
        I noticed that my home says that I haven't geotagged this yet - but it looks to me like I have? Posted 8 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, this is a somewhat exceptional problem. The geolocation on this photo is just outside the official countries' borders, according to Google. Posted 8 years ago
        
        Barry
        
        Lion
        
        OK, no worries - that is easy to fix! Posted 8 years ago

The Whale shark

The whale shark, ''Rhincodon typus'', is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 metres and a weight of more than 21.5 tonnes , and there are unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks. This distinctively-marked fish is the only member of its genus ''Rhincodon'' and its family, Rhincodontidae , which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The species originated about 60.. more

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Similar species: Carpet Sharks

Species identified by Barry