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Tag: whale sharks

Pictures and Movies Special

Long May Your Big Jib Draw

Alex Warneke March 9, 2015 Al DoveconservationDeepSNGoodbyesRickmacwhale sharks

Goodbyes are the worst things ever. EVER. Especially when it comes to two people I have looked up to for so long. Not only are Al…

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ZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…

Alistair Dove September 19, 2014 AscensionfailJournalismwhale sharks

So this little gem came across my Google alerts today. The cognitive dissonance between what happens (biologically) in that video, what the two intrepid heroes…

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The Atlantic Sun is a potential environmental disaster

Alistair Dove July 22, 2014 Cancuncargo shipconservationMexicopollutionwhale sharksYucatan

EDITOR’S UPDATE 7/24/14: The Atlantic Sun weighed anchor and left the Biosphere Reserve under its own power on 7/23/14  Thank you to all our readers…

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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China

Alistair Dove January 28, 2014 ChinaCITESconservationFinningOverfishingshark finningwhale sharks

Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province.  Shark processing is nothing new, and can…

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A whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…

Alistair Dove November 23, 2013 baleenfeedingkrilllunge feedingsillywhale sharks

A bar, somewhere in the ocean.  A whale shark sits quietly sipping a Krillians. Whale shark (quietly): <sip>  Ahh, that’s some good Euphausia right there.…

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Cos you can never have too much whale shark

Alistair Dove September 30, 2013 IWSC3whale sharks

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but I’ve got a reason, honest.  It’s not even an excuse.  See, I’ve been a bit wrapped up…

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Pelagic Special

Forget 5 o’clock…

Alistair Dove September 10, 2013 beercocktailsMexicotequilawhale sharks

“Come to Mexico…” muttered Craig, droplets of sweat lining up to swan-dive off the tip of his nose like nervous kids at the diving platform,…

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TGIF – Handy with a knife

Alistair Dove November 30, 2012 BajaMexicoscuba divingwhale sharks

There’s a video been doing the rounds this week showing a remarkable bit of quick work with a knife, wherein a diver near Baja Mexico…

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A first look at the biochemistry of whale sharks

Alistair Dove November 15, 2012 biochemistryDART MSGeorgia AquariumhomarinemetabolomicsNMRwhale sharks

My very first post at Deep Sea News was a tongue in cheek look at how much we don’t know about the largest of all…

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Kalloo Kallay, It’s International Whale Shark Day!

Alistair Dove August 30, 2012 elasmobranchswhale sharks

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…

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