Dead Whale Shark @ Karachi Sea

[awais.9]

It was to be sold for 2lac
But it was auctioned n sold for 17lac
Saw news on geo

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[volverine]

wow thats huge

[usmanulamin]

woooh ... thats too big ... saw it on media mug as well

[volverine]

woooh ... thats too big ... saw it on media mug as well

how much u offered him

[BMW7Series]

wow.....

[Farhansa]

Wow Monstor Shark

[imtishal]

why they are buying it so expensive, what is the use of this shark, is it used in some special product/medicine.

liver & skin for oil,fins & fat for medicines.
It's an endangered species under the international law and every year around the same time feb-mar they are caught from Arabian sea.Their migratory path is quite far from our shore line, but some drift away into our waters and caught by fishermen.As it's a plankton eating fish hence harmless to humans and usually caught as by-catch.

[salik990]

liver & skin for oil,fins & fat for medicines.
It's an endangered species under the international law and every year around the same time feb-mar they are caught from Arabian sea.Their migratory path is quite far from our shore line, but some drift away into our waters and caught by fishermen.As it's a plankton eating fish hence harmless to humans and usually caught as by-catch.

correction it wasnt caught....it was already dead floating 140km far from shore...so the fisherman brought it on the port

[aliusman420]

woah that is one huge fish!! oh fish!!

[hamza_xeg]

Thats huge :eek:

[sial_ali]

I remember they caught one in 2002 , it was shark or whale ?

[raxor]

The World's Largest Congregation Of Whale Sharks - YouTube

[umer325]

Thats huge :o

[imtishal]

correction it wasnt caught....it was already dead floating 140km far from shore...so the fisherman brought it on the port

In sea, the rule of nothing goes to waste applies.Hence anything dead and so huge will not go unnoticed by scavengers and other sharks.Do u really think that they will let go of such a great bounty and free meal and wont take a nibble of it?? Whereas this specimen is completely intact from any such marks suggesting that it was 'caught' not 'found'.

[salik990]

In sea, the rule of nothing goes to waste applies.Hence anything dead and so huge will not go unnoticed by scavengers and other sharks.Do u really think that they will let go of such a great bounty and free meal and wont take a nibble of it?? Whereas this specimen is completely intact from any such marks suggesting that it was 'caught' not 'found'.

caught as in it was netted out in the sea alive n later got kill ?....dont u think tht wud be against WWF for catching the rare fish.....wat i meant it was dead or unconcious as it was mentioned on some newspaper....it came close to coastal area n it was found/caught as in brought by the fisherman to the port

[bubble]

one can easily play a cricket match inside her tummy

[2c]

one can easily play a cricket match inside her tummy

thats very creative thinking

[getscorpion]

Whale shark in Islamabad to become 'national heritage'

The whale shark which was found dead on the Karachi shore was shifted to the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad on Friday, Express News reported.

According to the briefing of the Pakistan Science Foundation, the 15-tonne-heavy fish has been moved to the museum where it will be preserved and kept as a national heritage.

The whale shark was a 40.1-foot long female and weighed 15 tonnes. He said that this was the second largest fish to be found in Pakistan.

The director general added that a 41.5-foot long whale shark was found off Karachi’s coast in 1947. (Credit: Express Tribue)

[SDF38]

thank God it dint went to the president house as a show piece

[imtishal]

caught as in it was netted out in the sea alive n later got kill ?....dont u think tht wud be against WWF for catching the rare fish.....wat i meant it was dead or unconcious as it was mentioned on some newspaper....it came close to coastal area n it was found/caught as in brought by the fisherman to the port

yup...first caught and then killed.For an illiterate fishermen, WWF means nothing. he only want to earn money and give a damn about WWF or any such rules.
Newspaper naye bhi tou wohi story post ki hai na jo fishermen naye batai hai na khan sb..