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Diving Lessons From the World's Biggest Fish Thursday, June 19, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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The world’s biggest fish — the whale shark — doesn’t have a reputation for speed. But researchers have discovered that although the fish seem sluggish on the surface, deep down they are deceptively fast. A research team studying male whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef Marine Park, off the coast of Western Australia, noticed they used their weight and gravity to nose-dive to the ocean floor like airborne hawks hunting for mice. (source: murdoch.edu.au)
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