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Title: Feeding Whaleshark. Mexico
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A whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) stops swimming and feeds on fish eggs by sucking in water. This type of feeding is known as botella, because the shark hangs vertical in the water like a bottle, gulping in food. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
- botella feeding
- Caribbean Sea
- Carpetsharks: Orectolobiformes
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Elasmobranchs: Elasmobranchii
- Fishes
- Isla Mujeres
- Marine Life
- Mexico
- Sharks
- tropical
- whale shark: Rhincodon typus
- Whale Sharks: Rhincodontidae
- wide angle
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- Yucatan
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