Gentle giants of Utila.(whale sharks)

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures | November 1, 2006| | Copyright

Off the northern coast of Honduras, on the tiny island of Utila, fishermen tell of seeing Old Tom, a barnacle-covered, 60-foot-long whale shark that swims the waters around the island. Old Tom, they say, has a mouth large enough for three grown men to stand up in. Though this might sound like a scene out of a horror movie, the sight of a whale shark is welcome to Utila fishermen, as the sharks are followed by other fish that the fishermen want to catch.

Despite topping the scales at 20 tons (that's 40,000 pounds!) and having 3,000 teeth, the world's largest fish are ...

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