Longest recorded whale shark migration eclipses 20,000 kilometers

Mongabay
May 14, 2018, 6:30 am158 pts
A team of scientists has tracked a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) across more than 20,000 kilometers (over 12,000 miles) of ocean, the longest migration ever recorded for the species. Whale sharks are filter feeders, eating plankton, fish eggs, krill, crab larvae as well as small squid and fish that enter their…

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