Product Description
Our Plastic Whale Shark This hollow plastic and colorful whale shark toy is well-made and realistic in its shape, color, and white spots. Its mouth is open and ready to gorge on small fish or plankton. Wonderfully sized, 6 inches long, it will fit nicely into an ocean or shark diorama. Our whale shark may be useful for a school project or as a party favor or novelty item. Check out our other whale shark and shark toys and gifts.
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 m (41.5 ft) and a weight of about 21.5 t (47,000 lb). The whale shark holds many records for sheer size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon and the only extant member of the family Rhincodontidae which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. Before 1984 it was classified as Rhiniodon into Rhinodontidae. The species originated about 60 million years ago.
