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- A whale shark was rescued by fishers in Odisha coast.
- It is very important for marine megafauna like turtles, whales and sharks.
- The dotted whale shark is the largest fish in the ocean.
- It is often called ‘Gentle Giant’ in fishing parlance.
- It is a ‘filter feeder shark’.
- It means it does not eat meat like other sharks.
- They filter sea water and feed on tiny planktons.
- The largest whale shark aggregation in India is along the Gujarat coats.
- On the Bay of Bengal coast, the only aggregation is in Andhra Pradesh.
- Whale sharks are found in all the tropical oceans of the world.
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