It’s #featurefriday and todays featured photographer is @authentic.ocean of @boutiquebeachdhigurah 🙌🏾 What a beautiful image of the beautiful whale shark in the blue. . Here are some lesse known whale shark facts 🤓 . 🌊 They're negatively buoyant meaning they will sink when they stop swimming and eventually perish. They lack a swim bladder and instead have large oil filled livers which helps with buoyancy. . 🌊 They have tiny teeth on their eyes! It was recently discovered that whale sharks even have dermal denticles on their eyeballs! The research found that the denticals on the eye are different to those on the body and performed a function suited specifically to abrasion resistance. . 🌊 The whale shark has the biggest eardrum of any fish. While scientists can’t yet exactly quantify what this means (could they be listening out for plankton?) it is acknowledged that their hearing capabilities would factor into avoidance behaviour when it comes to loud vessels and large noisy encounters. . 📸 @authentic.ocean . #whaleshark #shark #sharks #sharkscience #wildlife #animals #ocean #charity #nonprofit #uwphotography #marineconservation #freediver #scuba #diving #conservation #sea #maldives #maldivesislands #liveaboard #explore #sustainable #photography #southariatoll #travelphotography #sharkphotography #marinebiology