The Big Four (+Giveaway from Dive Inspire)

Hammerhead by Barry PetersSpots on Manta's Belly

 

How big is the Hammerhead Sharks? The length of the shark is from four to six meters (13 to 20 ft) with weight up to 450 kilograms (1,000 lbs). There are nine species of Hammerhead Sharks and the largest species called as “the great hammerhead”

What its cool ability? Its eyes that are located on the outer of its hammer allow them a vertical 360 degree view!

How big is the Manta Rays? The length of the Manta Ray is up to 7.6 meters (25 ft) with weight as much as 1,300 kilograms (3,000 lbs).

What its cool ability? Manta rays have the largest brains of approximately 32,000 fish species (source). They show intelligent behavior like coordinated feeding and easily get social with human swimmers and scuba divers. Manta rays are not dangerous and gentle swimmers, but do not touch them. Human touch will remove their protective, slime coating from their skin and it will hurt them. Manta rays’ tails do not have spikes like the String rays
How big is the Mola-Mola? It is the heaviest of all the bony fish! While its size could reach to four meters (14 ft), its weight in between 247 and 2,000 kg (545–4400 lbs).
What its cool ability? They eat jellyfish! Plus they are deep divers up to 100–200 meters depths (328 to 656 ft) and after the deep diving, the mola-mola does the sunbathing to rewarm its body. Don’t be surprise to see the mola-mola floating on the sea surface, it is not dying but they are sunbathing
How big is the Whale Sharks? It is the largest fish in this planet with lengths of 12 meters (40 ft) and weights up to 20 tons. The whale sharks are not dangerous to humans; they are sharks but not aggressive and do not eat meat. However, with average weight of 20 tons, the shark has a very powerful tail that could caused serious injury if get smashed at!
What its cool ability? A whale shark can filter through more than 6000 liters of water per hour and its average life span is 100 to 150 years old!

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