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Whale sharks are the largest known fish in the world.
There have been many previous sightings of these at the Dive and Trek Marine Sanctuary.
Commonly called Butanding, all
these sightings were not documented by photos and therefore
have not been widely accepted as fact.
That
is, until now.
This
morning, we received an early Christmas gift when we saw,
swam, and
played with the whale shark for more than 10 minutes, allowing
photos to be taken as proof.
It was just slightly
smaller than our boat and the boat men feared for my safety
when I went down the water in snorkeling gear. They almost
jumped out with joy though, when the butanding got curious and
started playing with me. "Ang bait pala!", they exclaimed.
Be sure to view the
images in full size to clearly see the butanding through the
water.
(Dec. 21, 2002)
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