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Encounter Unassigned

An encounter is a sighting of a single animal at a specific location and time. Learn more.

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Water depth: 10.0 meters

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Metadata

Number: 301605d3-242e-49be-a394-219f8b9a1469

Date created:	2020-06-23T03:17:14.989
Date last edited:	2020-06-23

Workflow state: approved

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Measurements

Type	Size	Units
Length		Meters
Water Temperature		Celsius

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Water Temperature	(Celsius)

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Attributes

Taxonomy Rhincodon typus

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Status: alive

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Sex: unknown

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Behavior: None

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Additional comments:
This was an unusual encounter.
Although migration routes are close by, a whale shark was never seen so close to the shore in this part of the island. This location is part of the house reef of Magic Island Resort. I was diving when suddenly I noticed this whale shark on the shallow side of the reef which is 10 meters deep.

Unfortunately your upload limit does not allow to upload more than 40mb so I had to send screenshots of the high resolution video I took. You can see the whole sequence here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ySLtT9hUmZYhyb7PM6IyF86jDIooVX53/view?usp=sharing

This was the first time I saw one and I would really like to know more about this fellow.

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