Comments | wtf_nature: WHALE SHARK POOP

blasphemusfish in wtf_nature

WHALE SHARK POOP

Nov 18, 2008 23:31

This is thought to be the first video catching a whale shark in "motion".

It is as thick as your arm and smells disgusting - and it has just been caught on camera for what is thought to be the first time.

A crew has managed to record a whale shark - the world's biggest fish - expelling food waste, which was then scooped up for research ( Read more... )

shark, marine life, sea life, fish

Comments 18

teresina November 18 2008, 23:50:13 UTC

hahaha, ew.

davegodfrey November 18 2008, 23:52:17 UTC

And for the next week us Brits can watch the programme via the magic of iPlayer. They've also got a repeat of a previous programme about fig wasps, which is very good.

blasphemusfish November 18 2008, 23:53:26 UTC

THIS

iPlayer is so awesome

sarig November 19 2008, 04:06:57 UTC

I hate it, since it says I'm not british :(

I'm norwegian, it's like britains lesser step-sibling or something! Gimme the damn bbc videos!

lsclayene November 18 2008, 23:58:41 UTC

Hopefully the smell doesn't pass through the Internet. :D
Yes, eww, but it's science. Scientists sometimes have to deal with scary or disgusting things. That's life.
If those studies can help to understand more about the whale shark, and if they can help to protect it...

fusion_mobile November 19 2008, 00:02:05 UTC

It's amazing what we can learn from our poo.

Or dino poo for that matter.

featherfire November 19 2008, 00:25:48 UTC

Hahaha that shark made a poopies.