Whale sharks typically are found in the open ocean. They usually are found swimming slowly near the surface. Whale sharks have a broad flat head with white spots and lines on their back.
Whale sharks have a huge mouth, lined with tiny teeth.
They are harmless filter-feeders, straining the water for plankton and small schooling fishes. Vertical in the water, they open their mouths, gulping down clouds of krill and small fishes. Scientists are not exactly sure how whale sharks give birth. It has never actually been seen. A single egg case was dredged up from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.