Institute of Marine Science: The Red Sea whale shark is not a predator and its speed is 5 km / h

Dr. Susan Al-Hbadanin Khalifa, president of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, confirmed that the whale shark near the island of the brothers south of the Red Sea is not predatory and reaches a speed of five kilometers per hour.

The whale shark lives in tropical, warm and open seas, with an average length of 6 to 12 and a half meters, a non-predatory pet, whose average age is about 70 years. In tropical and warm oceans and open seas.

Susan El-Hbadanein pointed out that despite the size and size of her mouth, she fed mainly on plankton, micro-plants, animals and small fish and was known in the spoken language between Balhallol and False. The largest whale shark in the world is in Mexico.

The whale shark is characterized by the presence of a wide mouth up to 1.5 meters, and there are between 300 and 350 rows of small, matrix-like teeth, with five pairs of large gills, the skin of the fish can reach the thickness It was discovered on November 11, 1947 near the island of Babaulis, far from Karachi, Pakistan, it measured more than 12.65 meters of long and weighed over 21.5 tons

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The head of the Institute confirmed that "in July 1996, a whale was found pregnant, indicating that these animals are oviviviporous, that fertilization is internal and that the fertilized eggs remain in the body. uterus until hatching and the small child fully grows – – The small size after birth is between 40 and 60 cm for a long time, and it is thought that she reaches the stage of badual maturity at the age of about 30 years and the estimated lifespan is 70 to 100 years.