Whale Sharks

Save the whale sharks!

The whale sharks biggest and only threats are humans. Dou to many things humans carelessly did, has killed many whale sharks. Humans are using dangerous illegal traps and fishing gear that harm the whale sharks. Coalitions with high speed boats are responsible for the most deaths of whale sharks.

The whale shark is normally found in the waters of South Africa, Central Africa, and North America. Whale sharks prefer warm water, so they live more near the equator in, Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans in open spaces of water.

Whale sharks mostly eat plankton or any other small nektonic life. Whale sharks open their big mouths and inhale their prey then swallow it. Despite they have A LOT of teeth. Whale sharks are migratory witch means they often change their location, depending on the availability of food.

Threats to the whale shark are energy production and mining. Oil spills are polluting the ocean and clogging up their air hole which causes them to not be able to breath and die. Also, gas drilling can harm or cause whale sharks to die. Transportation and service corridors are a threat because of ship lanes. Biological resources use is harming whale sharks because of fishing and harvesting aquatic resources. And lastly human infusions and disturbance are threating whale sharks by recreational activities.

Ways we can protect the whale the whale shark is by reducing littering around the beaches so whale sharks including any other sea animal doesn’t get harmed by it. And we can also pick up trash around the beach if we see any. We could stop hunting to reduce eating them and using whale shark products. People can also be more careful when driving boats at high speeds to avoid collations with whale sharks and other marine life. We can also reduce our carbon footprint because carbon dioxide is produced by human consumption of fossil fuels, it’s entering the oceans and are causing a change in ocean acidity

Go Pro Whale Shark Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IJFJDrY2CY