Got the following image sent to us this week.It would appear that this is a diver hand feeding a Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), or maybe not as we always assumed to hand feed a Whale shark you would need a pair of tweezers (see diet).
Upon further investigation this might actually be a Whale shark being hand fed "something" as this image was shot in Okinawa, Japan at the site of two (didn't it used to be three?) penned and beat up looking sharks.
The additional images we found show what appear to be net damage from rubbing to the eyes and maxillofacial areas on both animals.
See blog post from 2007.
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