🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
The basking shark is the second-largest living fish species after the whale shark.
Verified records document basking sharks reaching lengths of over 12 meters, placing them among the largest fish ever measured. Only the whale shark exceeds them in maximum size among living fish species.
💥 Impact (click to read)
At more than 12 meters long and weighing several tons, this shark rivals small whales in physical scale. Unlike predatory giants, however, it survives entirely on plankton, creating an extreme mismatch between body size and prey size.
Such dimensions force a reconsideration of what defines a top ocean giant. The basking shark demonstrates that evolutionary success at massive scale does not require hunting large prey, but rather exploiting microscopic abundance efficiently.
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