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January 10, 2000

Gulp!

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Call me fishmeal. That's what a diver near Ningaloo Reef off Australia's west coast might say, but this shark's jaws are harmless. Whale sharks, which grow to 45 feet long and can weigh 30,000 pounds, eat plankton, not scuba divers. Those fish being sucked into the belly of the beast? Call them dessert.

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