Whale sharks in the wild
06.09.11
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September 05, 2011 Whale sharks in the wild
Whale sharks are weed out feeders and the largest living fish in the ocean. They can be over 40 feet in extent, weigh almost 40 tons, and go back some 60 million years. They attitude no danger to divers, and they can be observed as they are slow swimmers. And I wanted to see them.
After a safe deal of cursing the airlines for their ever more infuriating pricing and scheduling practices we did become public across a reasonable deal: eight days at the Riu Palace Las Americas breakfast and resort in Cancun. Now Cancun is not exactly known for diving, but it is reserved to Isla Mujeres, which is where the whale sharks are, at least through about mid-September. Perusing the ScubaBoard.com confabulation website yielded a gamut of opinions, but it did seem that Cancun saloon sites had lots of fish, and there are plenty of outfits that take you diving and on whale shark tours.
Source: Scuba Diver Info