Did you know that basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are the largest fish found in Canadian waters? These gentle giants are filter feeders, exclusively eating plankton. They can reach lengths of up to 12 metres; however, their average adult length is 6.7-8.8 metres, roughly the size of a bull killer whale. Basking sharks were once so common in B.C.'s waters that they were deemed a nuisance for fishers and boaters. An eradication program by the federal government running from 1955 to 1969 dispat
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Did you know that basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are the largest fish found in Canadian waters? These gentle giants are filter feeders, exclusively eating plankton. They can reach lengths of up to 12 metres; however, their average adult length is 6.7-8.8 metres, roughly the size of a bull killer whale. Basking sharks were once so common in B.C.'s waters that they were deemed a nuisance for fishers and boaters. An eradication program by the federal government running from 1955 to 1969 dispat
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The second largest living shark species, the basking shark, feeding in the Santa Barbara Channel. 🎥: Adam Ernster Photography They are one of three filter-feeding sharks, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark, meaning they sift out small plankton (such as krill) from the water instead of relying on teeth! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR
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The second largest living shark species, the basking shark, feeding in the Santa Barbara Channel. 🎥: Adam Ernster Photography They are one of three filter-feeding sharks, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark, meaning they sift out small plankton (such as krill) from the water instead of relying on teeth! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR
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National Geographic Travel on Instagram: "Photographer @bertiegregory captured this basking shark feeding in Scotland. Although they are enormous and their silhouettes look remarkably like great whites, basking sharks are filter feeders. After locating a plankton patch, they open their giant mouths and swim through it. The huge white gill arches seen here contain gill rakers, structures that snag plankton from the water that passes through the mouth. Unlike many other species of filter feeders t
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Shark Week Spotlight: The Ocean’s Gentle Giants 🥰 Meet the two largest shark species on Earth—and both are completely harmless to humans: Basking Shark • Up to 33 feet long • Swims with its mouth wide open (like, really wide) • Feeds on tiny organisms Whale Shark • Up to 40 feet long • Eats plankton • Basically the ocean’s floating filter vacuum These giants roam the seas with quiet grace, reminding us that not all sharks are predators—some are protectors of balance, just like us. Let’s celebra
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Today is #endangeredspeciesday and we want to fly the flag for basking sharks! They are listed as endangered on the IUCN red list and recovering after wide spread hunting in the last century. Here’s a clip of @bertiegregory & @chazgregs enjoying an encounter with basking sharks a couple summers ago. This was a pretty good day on the water with over 30 sightings. Perhaps some of the sharks that appeared on the BBC Wild Isles series this year. We’re down to our final spaces for the season ahead so
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