This animal is the largest fish in the world! One of this fish’s habitats is in the Red Sea! The whale shark is a  combination of a whale and a shark. Here you will find facts about their habitats, diet, size and more.

Habitat:

Whale sharks live in warm water in any sea or ocean near the equator, that is why the Red Sea or the Caribbean Sea, or Pacific Ocean are habitats of the whale shark.

 

 

 

Diet:

The whale shark eat things such as plankton, small fish, squid, and large fish.

Size:

An adult whale shark is over 15 meters and weighs  over 15 tons!

Appearance:

 Whale sharks are a reddish brown colour. They have a pattern of lines on their skin that crisscross (which form a grid.) inside the grid are yellow dots. The pattern looks like a giant checkerboard.