NATURE

The  whale shark is the biggest  fish in the world. a full grown whale shark is big a bus and weighs more than an adult African elephant. it feeds by sucking tiny sea creatures its wide open mouth  filtering them through thousands of tiny  teeth. Luckily this giant is gentle in fact whale sharks are so friendly that they let swimmers come close enough to hitch a ride.more and more tourists are visiting the Central American countries whose coastal waters are nesting  ground for whale sharks hoping for a close up look. The increase ti tourism has resulted it more tour boat and more possible boat propeller injuries to the fish. During 3 month in 2014 tourist boat operators in panama hit whale sharks 27 times.  In July of that year officials  in eight countries passed new rules to protect whale sharks. These include guidelines for swimmers such as least six feet(1.8m) away. Large and small living things need human attention. read all about our amazing natural world in this section. from called book reply benewe  in or not