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Encounter of A-440

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Identified as: A-440

Matched by: Pattern match

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Occurrence ID: d71380d9-eea0-4a7b-8856-6e3b0d301c20

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Metadata

Number: 1112201014452

Date created:	2010-12-11
Date last edited:	2024-08-18 22:49:49

Workflow state: approved

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Managing researcher:

Jason Holmberg

Affiliation: Wild Me

Research Project: Wildbook

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"Jason is a founder of Wildbook for Whale Sharks and its Information Architect."

Measurements

Type	Size	Units
Length		Meters
Water Temperature		Celsius

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Water Temperature	(Celsius)

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Attributes

Taxonomy Rhincodon typus

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Status: alive

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Sex: unknown

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Noticeable scarring: None

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Additional comments:
I'm not sure how many different whale sharks are pictured here. The first shark we saw was 3.9m male with quite visible scarring on his tail.

The others we saw were males much larger and the final was a female 6m long.

Sorry but in the end we ended up swimming with 7 sharks and it got confusing, if you like I can send all photos.

The sharks were swimming close together which we were told was unusual and there were up to three sharks around us on any one snorkel, they were coming close to each other, we were told this might be in preparation for leaving the area.

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