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Female sharks grow at slower rate than males, may live up to 150 years: Scientists – Republic World – Republic World
Male and female whale shark grow at different rates, with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the males, recent research said.
Male and female whale sharks grow at different rates, with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the males, recent research published on September 17 stated. Whale sharks are large filter-feeding carpet sharks and can be identified through their brownish-greyish colour on the back and sides with white spots, with a white underside.
For the purpose of the study, which was published in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers tracked down the growth of 54 whale sharks over a p…
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