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Whale Shark With Small Fish

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Gentle giants, whale sharks filter-feed, swimming with their wide mouths open, collecting plankton and small fish.
Photograph by Brian J. Skerry

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Get up close and personal with the voracious tiger sharks of Australia's Shark Bay in this Field Tales feature.

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