THIS 30FT WHALE SHARK, with a mouth 5ft wide, beached itself on the rocks at Bare Island, Botany Bay, Sydney, after an hour-long boat chase. A skindiver and a bystander were almost crushed when a big wave rolled the five-ton monster towards them. It was still alive when this photograph was taken. Whale sharks are the world’s biggest sharks and are rarely seen. Scientists at the Australian Museum say that if they cannot take the shark at Botany Bay to the museum they will cast a replica. The only other authenticated sighting of a whale shark in Australia was in 1938.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30678, 18 February 1965, Page 1
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101THIS 30FT WHALE SHARK, with a mouth 5ft wide, beached itself on the rocks at Bare Island, Botany Bay, Sydney, after an hour-long boat chase. A skindiver and a bystander were almost crushed when a big wave rolled the five-ton monster towards them. It was still alive when this photograph was taken. Whale sharks are the world’s biggest sharks and are rarely seen. Scientists at the Australian Museum say that if they cannot take the shark at Botany Bay to the museum they will cast a replica. The only other authenticated sighting of a whale shark in Australia was in 1938. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30678, 18 February 1965, Page 1
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