Hangout For Mysterious Young Whale Sharks Found in the Red Sea

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Though whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the ocean, they have remained quite mysterious to scientists.

No one has seen these school-bus-size creatures mating or giving birth, little is known about their migration patterns and global population size, and scientists have found only a dozen sites on the planet where whale sharks congregate. But researchers recently found a new hotspot for the big fish that could offer clues about their life history.

In the Red Sea, hundreds of juvenile whale sharks gather around coral reefs near Al-Lith, a town on the central coast of Saudi Arabia, a group of scientists reported last week in the journal PLOS ONE . Read more...

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