Lots of animals produce eggs. These protect and provide for offspring as they develop. There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give birth to live young.

Whale sharks have an unusual reproductive method called ovoviviparity, where fertilized eggs are kept inside the mother’s body until they are ready to hatch. This process results in the birth of ...

Despite their enormous size, whale sharks eat tiny planktonic organisms, including copepods, arrow worms, fish eggs, crab larvae, coral spawn and krill. Whale sharks are known for being gentle giants ...

“The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to body mass. The brain is the size of an egg,” said Francesca Pancaldi, first author of the study and a researcher at Centro ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena — (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived.

These sharks are ovoviparous (born live from an egg). Largest Shark: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, measuring up to [50 feet] long. Smallest Shark: Mature ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived.

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