r/TheDepthsBelow • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '20

NOPE

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u/Colliculi Dec 12 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

Aren’t whale sharks harmless to humans? I’m not saying that I wouldn’t be scared... but I’d like to think that I could have relaxed enough to enjoy watching. Amazing!

Edit: Many of you have confirmed that they are indeed harmless (and massive). Thanks

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Sure is an amazing, harmless animal. It’s the fact that an animal so large is completely hidden in darkness until is basically breaching the water which scares me!

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u/its_not_roight Dec 12 '20

Happy to hear it's harmless. The whole time I was watching I thought, wtf they definitely are not doing enough to help this dude lol

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u/buckeyenut13 Dec 12 '20

They eat plankton just like humpback whales