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Mexico, August 2009

Just off the tip of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula is a small island largely untouched by tourism, despite its proximity to Cancún. Isla Holbox might go unnoticed entirely, except for some unique visitors who come to its warm ocean waters each summer. Their presence is hard to ignore, since they are 40 feet long and weigh 15 tons. These are gentle whale sharks - not whales at all, despite their size, but actually the world's largest fish. Docile and unafraid, they allow us to swim close enough to observe the checkerboard pattern of pale yellow dots and stripes covering their thick gray skin.

"The idea of swimming next to the world's largest fish, which can reach up to sixty feet in length, is irresistable."
Posted by mightybytes on February 5, 2009 9:40 AM |