Stunning Video Shows Whale Shark Gulping Down Several Fish In One Go
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Whale sharks are known to be the largest living non-mammalian vertebrates. The slow moving fish swims close to the water surface.
Whale sharks are among the world's largest fish, measuring upto 18 metres long. But when it comes to gulping down fish, they can suspend themselves in upright position despite having a high body density. A video going viral on social media shows exactly this - a whale shark swallowing several small fish underwater as quick snack. The video was first posted on Twitter by Steve Stewart-Williams in August and re-shared by a page called Fascinating. It has amassed 11 million views and more than 5,500 retweets. A whale shark has a quick snackpic.twitter.com/t9kahZe9kG
The short clip shows the whale shark almost coming to the surface with its huge mouth wide open. In one go, it gulps down dozens of fish swimming above.