August 30th, 2012 
Yes, August 30 is officially International Whale Shark Day, so declared after the 2nd WS Symposium in Mexico a few years back. There’s been a lot of news in the whale shark department over the last couple of years, so here’s a link fest that ought to satisfy the spottiest of appetites.
- Nom Nom, AKA everything you ever wanted to know about how whale sharks feed.
- Amazing as it sounds, there is such a thing as an albino whale shark
- Whale sharks can dive deeper than any marine mammal, find out why here
- Sometimes THEY look at US
- How it feels to Dance With A Giant
- The good, bad and ugly of whale shark ecotourism
- Craig asks why the world’s largest fish is so SMALL
- Sharks with fricken laser beams!
- How do you keep with a pelagic freight train? GPS baby…
- Where do we get the word “Shark” anyway?
- The spots on whale sharks are unique like a fingerprint
- Who’s your Daddy?
- The biggest gathering ever seen of the biggest fish in the world.
- Whats black and white and studied all over?
Nom Nom y’all. Photo: Alistair Dove/Georgia Aquarium
[...] in time to coincide with it. You can have a belated celebration over the internet by reading these two blog posts though, both written by renowned whale shark BFF Dr. Al Dove, who was also kind enough [...]