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Aquarium loosens lid on whale shark deaths Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 13 hours ago By MARK DAVIS For the first time since Norton the whale shark died this week, Georgia Aquarium officials answered questions Friday about his death and what ... Results Inconclusive in Whale Shark Death 13wmaz Aquarium: Early results inconclusive in whale shark death San Diego Union Tribune Second Rare Shark Dies In Aquarium Mystery CBS News all 311 news articles

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World's largest fish spotted off the coast of Belize openPR (press release), Germany - 21 hours ago Belize is one of the few places in the world where scuba divers can spot the whale shark. The whale shark can grow up to 60 feet in length, weigh in excess ...

Killer fishermen turn whale shark saviours Daily News & Analysis, India - Jun 12, 2007 KOLKATA: Once indiscriminately slaughtered by fishermen in the coastal areas of Saurasthra in Gujarat, the highly endangered whale shark is getting some ...

Divers Discover Dead Whale Shark Local10.com, FL - Jun 12, 2007 It took a group of South Florida divers by surprise, but researchers said a dead whale shark found floating in the waters off Boca Raton isn't that unusual, ...

Whale shark's carcass found off Boca Inlet of little value ... Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Jun 11, 2007 By Robert Nolin A decaying 30- to 35-foot carcass, that of the elusive and protected whale shark -- the largest fish in the sea -- was drifting less than ...

Boca divers discover dead whale shark Miami Herald, FL - Jun 11, 2007 So when dive boat captain Jeff Torode heard Sunday afternoon that a 30-foot whale shark was spotted off the coast of Boca Raton, he steered the Aqua View ...

Diver spot elusive whale shark Miami Herald, FL - Jun 11, 2007 By ERIKA BOLSTAD Divers found a dead whale shark Sunday morning off the coast of Pompano Beach, near a ship wreck visited by dive boats. ...

Diver spot elusive whale shark Miami Herald, FL - Jun 11, 2007 By ERIKA BOLSTAD Divers found a dead whale shark off the coast of Pompano Beach, near a ship wreck visited by dive boats. Diver Joe Marino took pictures of ...

Divers Find Dead Whale Shark Off Boca Coast CBS 4, FL - Jun 11, 2007 The group found the 30-foot whale shark floating head down in the water. They said there were no obvious signs of injury, and couldn't tell what may have ...

Divers report finding dead whale shark off Boca Raton Inlet Tampa Bay's 10, FL - Jun 11, 2007 (AP) — A group of scuba divers say they discovered a dead 30-foot whale shark floating about a half-mile from the Boca Raton Inlet. ...

Second Whale Shark Dies At Ga. Aquarium
Norton, a whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium, has died. Channel: Pets Tags: georgia aquarium norton whale shark atlanta.

WHALE SHARK DIES
Aquarium officials said in a statement that in the last few months, Norton had stopped eating and showed erratic swimming behavior. The Georgia Aquarium hosts the only whale sharks on display outside of Asia." [ taken from wistv.com ]

10. Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium Dies
Another whale shark died early Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the rare fish. Jason Bronis has more on the search for what killed the shark. (June 13) Runtime: 02:00 ...

3. Second whale shark dies
Date Posted: 06/13/2007, 12:00 am A second whale shark has died at the Georgia Aquarium. CNN's Susan Roesgen reports. (June 13) Runtime: 02:08 Free.

Animal Rights Activists Criticize Whale Shark Exhibit
The United Kingdom-based Captive Animals' Protection Society, the New Jersey-based Shark Research Institute and at least one scientist who has conducted whale shark research have raised varying degrees of concern about the aquarium's ...

Georgia Aquarium loses second whale shark
ATLANTA, June 13 — For the second time in five months, the Georgia Aquarium is mourning one of its stars, a young whale shark named Norton who was euthanized by veterinarians early Wednesday morning after he stopped swimming and slipped ...

RIP 30′ Whale Shark
A group of divers discovered a dead, 30-foot whale shark about a half-mile from the Boca Raton Inlet on Sunday. The 31 divers made the discovery at about 10 am, just after diving at the Sea Emperor wreckage. [source]

Divers discover dead whale shark
A group of divers describe it as one of the most magnificent creatures they've ever encountered, even though it was dead. The whale shark, which is the biggest kind of fish in the ocean, was found this past weekend off the coast of Boca ...

Whale Shark
Whale Shark, originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein. Another whale shark picture from the archives. RIP, Norton.

Whale Shark Abstract
Whale Shark Abstract, originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein. In memoriam of Norton, the young whale shark who died at the Georgia Aquarium this week.

Another whale shark death at the Georgia Aquarium
ATLANTA (AP) _ Norton, one of the original whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, died early today, the aquarium's second whale shark death in five months. Aquarium officials said in a statement that in the last few months, ...

Whale Shark and Film Crew
We were lucky enough to encounter a young whale shark for about 15 minutes. This shark would fixate on a diver and slowly swim toward the diver. It was hard trying to stay out of the way. Each diver in the group was trying to stay away ...

Second whale shark dies at the Georgia Aquarium
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse - I read in our Plankton Forums that yet another whale shark - "Norton" - died today. First of all, whale sharks are some of my favorite [...]

No Quick Answer in Whale Shark Death
ATLANTA — Early results from a necropsy performed on a whale shark that died at the Georgia Aquarium this week produced no conclusive findings on the cause of death, aquarium officials said late Thursday. Norton on Wednesday became the ...

New shark: R-007
Shark R-007 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.