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Galapagos Whale Shark Diving
hark whale (Rhincodon typus) it is the biggest fish inthe world, an immense creature that can surpass the 15 meters of totallongitude and to end up weighing more than 20 t. aerodynamic, lengthened androbust body, their line can measure more than 2,5 m from side to side and itsgreat mouth has capacity to swallow a person swiming. Aerodynamic,lengthened and robust body, spotted dark gray color, with white or yellowishmoles in the whole body. It is darker than most of the sharks. The same as thetrue whales, it only feeds of plankton and of small fish. When anythingnear the surface, ingests big swigs of water and it filters the food throughthe gills. Their color is gray with the white stomach. It is not easy to see,although they sometimes collide against the ships. It has a wide and flat muzzle, and their jaws are armedfor multitude of small teeth with more than three functional lines. Thebranchial fissures are very big. Their eggs are the biggest in the world and they can reachthe 30 cmlong. Much of their development is not known because the youngcopies are allowed to very rarely see. This shark inhabits warm and tropical temperate waters. Itis believed that it arrives after a very long migration trip, being identified forthe first time in 1828, in the costs of Sudà;frica. Their maximum longitude isignored but the 18 m can be about it.Also we can say that not for its size it is thequickest in the fish but just the opposite, its speed is relatively slow forsuch a big fish. This impressive animal for their size and attractiveness fortheir tranquility and meekness, it can be seen in repeated occasions during a Galapagos diving tour for the islands but far from the archipelago, especially betweenthe months of August and October. The itineraries include the famous IslandsDarwin and Wolf, where we will have bigger opportunities to observe thismagnificent animal. In Ecuadorian agencies that organize cruises exist ofuntil 10 or 15 days with several immersions to be able to observe this marinegiant. A diving cruise offers three or four immersions per day. It is alsopossible to carry out night immersions if the conditions are favorable. Theguides Dive Masters is well trained and they are very experts of the marine andterrestrial life of the Galapagos. Their work consists on to teach about theunique environment of Tortoises and to take care of the security and thepassengers' well-being. Besides being able to observe this incredible animal, thearea of the islands Darwin and Wolf offer all practically those that a diverwants to experience. Wolf is a small island located to the North end of theGalapagos. Their banks with high cliffs are replete of marine birds, as"piqueros" of red paws, masked "piqueros", frigates, gulls of forked line, andothers. The submarine topography of this Galapagos island is composed mainly of verticalwalls, replete of the biggest variety in species of fish of the Tortoises. Theislands Wolf and Darwin attract enormous banks of sharks hammer, which usuallybring many parasites. The small fish in the hillsides and walls of theseislands remove and they eat up to the parasites of the sharks, for what hascalled them to him stations of cleaning for sharks to these islands and offeeding for big and small fish. There are 6 different diving places aroundWolf. Darwin is even smaller than Wolf. To less than a mile roomto the south, be a beautiful rock
with arch form, around which the diving canbe the best of the best thing!!From July to December practically can guarantee severalencounters with the biggest fish in the ocean, the Shark Whale (almost 17meters). The Arch of Darwin almost offers all that a diver wanted to observe:Enormous banks of shark hammer, sharks of Tortoises, sharks Silky, brown, swearthem of big eyes, swear them of blue, old specks, beautiful of theindo-peaceful one, you line spotted, green turtles, turtles of parrot pick,dolphin bottle nose.Useful Cruise & Diving tours Resources Galapagos divingGalapagos diving cruiseGalapagos diving tourGalapagos Islands CruisesGalapagos Islands CruiseGalapagosCruises Isabela & Santa Cruz Galapagos scubaGalapagos diveDiving GalapagosGalapagos CruiseGalapagos CruisesGalapagos Cruise Isabela & Santa CruzGalapagos scuba divingDiving in the GalapagosGalapagos islands divingGalapagos islands scubaGalapagos tour Eric Castro Mattas chief editor of Posicionarte in Quito, Ecuador.
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