Thursday, January 5, 2012

Size

     Basking sharks are most easily distinguished by their massive size.  The male basking shark reaches about nine meters, while the female can reach up to about ten meters in length.  The baby basking sharks are about one and a half to two meters in length.  The adult sharks weigh about four and a half tons.  One fourth of that weight is carried by the liver which is very big in these sharks.

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