Ever since we first saw whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, we’ve become fans. (One of my daughter’s favorite Christmas presents last year was the stuffed whale shark she got because we donated money to the World Wildlife Fund.) There’s new research today that shows just how amazing whale sharks really are:
“It is like the way a bird dives, then soars, using its momentum and gravity to conserve as much energy as possible. It flies like a bird – but in this case, a bird as large as a bus!” Wilson said. Such behavior has never been observed in a fish before, he said.
