Massive 40-Foot Shark Pulled From the Arabian Sea

[Hum]

A massive whale shark that may be among the largest fish ever caught, was pulled from the water off Pakistan yesterday.

The giant fish wasn't actually caught as much as it was pulled from the water by Karachi fisherman after being spotted dead in the Arabian Sea.

An exact measurement hasn't been given, but all estimates put it at around 40 feet (about the size of school bus), while largest confirmed whale shark on record was over 41 feet and weighed more than 47,000 pounds.

Crowds overwhelmed the Karachi docks hoping to see the massive fish before it was auctioned for several thousand dollars.

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[Shaun N.]

Whale shark. It isn't harmful to humans but it is a vulnerable species

[DocM]

Isn't harmful to anything much bigger than shrimp & medium size fish. Pity.

[spacer]

That is one big fish! I wonder how it died...old age? Polluted water? Aliens? :alien:

[svmpatel]

It was already dead floating in the sea... They didn't kill it as far as I can tell.

[playXray]

According to the BBC story it was found dead: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16940149

[Nick H. Supervisor]

It was already dead floating in the sea... They didn't kill it as far as I can tell.

According to the BBC story it was found dead: http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-asia-16940149

Did you two read the article that Hum posted? It mentions that exact detail...

Regardless of whether it is harmful to us or not, it's things like this that are the reason I don't enjoy going in to the sea...

[spacer]

Isn't harmful to anything much bigger than shrimp & medium size fish. Pity.

Would you prefer there were still Megalodons?

(Green: Great White, Purple: Whale Shark)

[fmanchu]

It doesn't say anywhere that they killed it.

"... it was pulled from the water by Karachi fisherman after being spotted dead in the Arabian Sea"

[Shaun N.]

Yea guys, It says nowhere that they killed it :p

[Hum]

Wonder why anyone paid thousands of dollars -- is it fit to eat ?

[Shaun N.]

I imagine the fins would sell well to the Chinese.

[_neutrino Veteran]

All I can think is the whale sharks from WoW :D

[playXray]

Did you two read the article that Hum posted? It mentions that exact detail...

I didn't as I'd only just read the BBC article. I was responding to an earlier post from someone saying that the fishermen shouldn't have killed it. A post that seems to have disappeared...

[buckboii]

Did you two read the article that Hum posted? It mentions that exact detail...

Regardless of whether it is harmful to us or not, it's things like this that are the reason I don't enjoy going in to the sea...

you have a point, even though its a gentle giant when youre swimming and you see a large shark like that you probably wouldnt even think twice about swimming away let alone swim along side it. In documentaries they look amazing though.

I wonder how did it die though.

[Seizure1990]

Wonder why anyone paid thousands of dollars -- is it fit to eat ?

I was wondering this same exact thing. I would never eat anything that was just lying around already dead.

[V9s]

Wonder why anyone paid thousands of dollars -- is it fit to eat ?

Not for eating. The buyer bought it so he could charge the crowds a viewing fee :D

[Hum]

I wonder how did it die though.

Starvation ?