The Basking Shark is the second largest fish in the world, and like the largest fish (the whale shark) and the largest animal (the great whales), basking sharks are filter feeders that eat tiny, planktonic prey. Reaching lengths of 40 feet (12 m) and resembling predatory sharks in appearance, the basking shark can give an intimidating impression, but they are quite harmless. They spend most of their time near the surface, swimming with their extraordinarily large mouths open, filtering out their

Basking shark out in the big blue!Although the drone makes it look like it would be super obvious to spot, this basking shark is mostly submerged in this clip. Meaning that from a distance, it can’t be seen from the boat. We would need to wait till it had risen in the water column and the fin was showing above the surface before we can watch it. Basking sharks move up and down in the water column A LOT! So you usually need a lot of patience to be able to watch them and one of the main reasons we

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