baja whale shark

There is much hype and mayhem concerned with whale sharks. If you are going on a whale shark watch you should know that whale sharks are not whales but are sharks. Here are 5 facts you should know before coming face to face with a whale shark in La Paz , and it will be immensely helpful in keeping yourself alive and gain unparalleled experience of seeing a whale shark in its habitat. Whale sharks or sharks not whales Whale sharks are not whales but sharks that can grow up to 20 meters and weigh over 20 tons, they are filter feeders and are considered harmless mostly as they are called “Gentle Giant”. For whale sharks eating is labour intense. They feed by filtering the waters since they cannot bite or chew. Each hour they filter about 6000 litres of sea waters using their gills. Though they have wide spanned mouth measuring 4 feet they only have tiny teeth that can be used to eat only small sea life like shrimps It is researched that whale sharks face difficulty in surviving as onl