Shark Bites

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Steve Backshall travels around the world to learn about sharks.

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Laura Whitley

Shark Bites: Series 1: Episode 3: Whale Shark

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Steve Backshall meets the most colossal shark in our seas, the whale shark.

Steve Backshall learns about sharks. Steve reveals the surprising diet of the largest fish in the world, the whale shark.

Steve Backshall meets the most colossal shark in our seas. Measuring up to a record 18 metres, the whale shark is not only the largest shark, but the largest fish in the world. Steve dives with this gargantuan shark off the coast of Mozambique in Africa and reveals their somewhat surprising diet, before heading into his shark lab to get under their skin and reveal how they manage to filter their food from the water.

Shark Bites: Series 1

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