Cool whale shark poaching

[RL7836]

Title doesn't sound cool but watch the video - who would have figured a 'filter-feeder' would do this? What's next - Humpback & Blue Whales?

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[MICKEY]

boy that shark is a pig

 

[maxima]

I think it's hilarious...

 

[lance]

LOL!! Probably got pissed off at the fishermen and decided to tear a hole in the net. As for what looks like its eating, I have no idea why .

 

[Nepenthesis]

I thought they only ate like... grass and stuff?

They should try to exterminate those giant fish things.

 

[Wire Man]

Someone was really hungry...

 

[That One Guy]

Just give it some fish!!!

 

[hcarlton]

Finally... the animal kingdom is adapting to hunt by our standards!

 

[mcmcnair]

that was freaking amazing! thanks for sharing

 

[swords]

That's one smart fish!

 

[RL7836]

That's one smart fish!

That's what I was thinking - and I didn't think any of the shark species were supposed to have anything but below-average intelligence. Especially a filter feeder - a fish that just swims around with it's mouth open.

On a somewhat related note, there have been record numbers of Blue whales as well as Humpbacks reported over the past few weeks in Monterey Bay.

 

[Wire Man]

Why are the blue whales always there when I'm not?

I just noticed something. Remember the common rule that sharks die if they stop swimming? I think we still have a lot more to learn about whale sharks.

Sharks are actually proving to be a lot smarter than expected, especially great whites and bull sharks.

 

[swords]

Would be interesting to find out if this is a one -time, one-off discovery by a single fish or if this trick has been passed along to other whale sharks. Perhaps from mother to pup...?