Whale shark with extreme scarring, probably caused by a boat propeller
For the love of Neptune, that poor poor shark.
Propeller contact is a common threat to whale sharks, who spend some of their time feeding at plankton blooms near the surface. With ever increasing boat traffic in the oceans, we’ll be seeing more and more of these.
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