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The Underwater World Winner
Felipe Barrio (Spain)
Giant feast
`I was woken by a huge crash against the boat in the Red Sea. It was a
10-metre-long young whale shark. Four other sharks then joined it,
gathered below a school of sardines. We slipped into the water using
snorkelling gear, and watched them feed, non-stop for three hours. They
not only sucked up the plankton, but also the sardines' excrement. It
was a fantastic experience.' Whale sharks are the largest fish on
Earth. The Gulf of Tadjourah off Djibouti, in the Red Sea, is a hotspot
for these giants, which congregate from October to January to feed.
Despite their huge size, they are filter feeders, sucking in wa
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