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Thai Market

VIETNAM
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Streets of Saigon
Cyclo-Pousse

NEPAL
Katmandu

INDIA
Ladakh
South
Shrinagar
Calcutta
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UNDERWATER   
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Lion Fish
Whale Shark
Moray Eel
Reef Scenes
Puffer Fish
Turtle
Manta
Spanish Dancer
Cephalopod
Anemone
Fish Behaviour

Fact File Whale Shark

Whale Shark, common name for the largest known fish. It may attain a length up to 18m and weigh more than 18 tones. Deep blue above and white below, its body is marked with white spots and vertical lines; on its head and back are several broad, longitudinal ridges. The animal has a wide, flattened snout with the mouth at the front, and its jaws hold numerous small teeth.

The whale shark feeds on small fishes and plankton strained out of the seawater by its long gill rakers.

Whale sharks are ovoviviparous (the young hatch from fertilized eggs inside the body of the female and are then born alive).