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mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

THERE’s very little data on whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Philippines, but what researchers have on the biggest living fish in the world point to enforcement of stronger protection and better management regulations in the country.

Elson Aca, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) consultant who works with the Large Marine Vertebrates Project (Lamave) of Physalus, said there are two significant findings from studies on whale sharks in the Philippines.

One is that whale sharks that were identified, so far, in Philippine waters—whether in Donsol, Sorsogon or in Oslob, Cebu—have never been recorded in international databases before.

This means the whale sharks found in the country’s territorial waters have not been seen and identified anywhere else in the world.

The other factor, Aca said, was that researchers found baby whale sharks that were as small as 64 centimeters in the Philippines.

Whale sharks of this size have just been born, he said.

“This could mean that the Philippine waters are possible breeding grounds for whale sharks,” he said during a forum attended by biology students of the University of San Carlos (USC) last week.

“Based on these initial findings, waters around the Philippines could have more significance in the conservation of whale sharks,” he said.

by Liberty A. Pinili for SunStar Cebu

(Source: mad-as-a-marine-biologist, via tiffanikki)

mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

jtotheizzoe:

There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 viruses in the world’s oceans.

Stretched end-to-end, they would reach 10,000,000 light years.

They weigh as much as 75,000,000 blue whales.

(random facts from UBC’s Curtis Suttle @ #AAAS Vancouver 2012)

I love that 30…

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