Here Valhi’s No. 1

Everybody meet Valhi 1-001, India’s first photo-identified whale shark.

Everybody meet Valhi 1-001, India’s first photo-identified whale shark. Considered the world’s largest fish species, whale sharks can be distinguished from each other by the pattern of spots between their gills and fins. This spotted male was classified as a creature of India’s waters after sifting through the global database maintained by Ecocean. This is the start of an initiative by the Gujarat Forest Department, Tata Chemicals  and the Wildlife Trust of India to track Valhis (gentle giants) and study the population of these enigmatic sea-beings found along the coast of Gujarat.

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