Why Is This Whale Shark EATING Sand!?

Join shark scientist Kristian Parton as he discusses some brand new research, looking into the world's first case of a whale shark eating sand! Kristian discusses the research paper, and analyses this strange video.

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[Nmethyltransferase]

The whale shark started to feel self-conscious when it realized it was being watched and stopped! 😭

[The_Original_LBSwanson]

Love your videos and educational content. My childhood dream was to be a marine biologist and study sharks. Life didn't work out that way but I still love to learn about them.

[DarkHorseDanny]

*Him:* "Chickpeas"
*Chickpeas:* "Finally... some recognition."
*Him:* "What a random food item to choose."
*Chickpeas:* 😐

[wildworld]

Great breakdown Kris! Learning about new behaviour is always fascinating.

[waterdragon]

Kris, relaying information to a scientist is honestly something I never thought of, I’m ashamed to say. That’s a brilliant suggestion! ❤❤❤ I will definitely keep that in mind in the future. Thank you for saying that. 😊

[didisadisa]

Your channel has inspired me to really respect sharks and actually find them super cool when I used to be quite afraid of watching anything about sharks (or even really considering their existence at all!) These research videos are awesome in particular.

So glad you are doing better too <3

[zoology]

Best shark scienctest/ best shark YouTuber that i know of you are super and your channel deserve 100k subs

[Alcatrazrezz]

I'm glad your starting to do better, and as always another terrific video

[AlicePriceMusic]

Wow nearly at 40k!! Your channel is blowing up so quickly! Been here since 10k! Keep it going!!! 😍😍🦈🦈🦈

[sarahmoore]

Love this! Newly identified behavior is always exciting! I can't wait to hear more as the studies evolve!

[ddraigmafon]

Best shark scientist channel on YT 👏👏👏

[PelagicDragon]

This makes so much sense, I always wondered why whale sharks were carpet sharks whenever they always seem to be pelagic, not to mention they have spiracles (I always wondered why they had those too, my guesses were that it's either a leftover evolution feature or they're benthic when they're pups, but Idk if sharks can be benthic pups and pelagic adults.)

[DarkHorseDanny]

I've only been watching this guy for a week and must say I think I am coming to the end of watching all the videos. I've been obsessed with these videos :)

[toastedavalanche]

Thank you for another fascinating video about the exciting world of shark research. May I suggest the next video be "Top 10 restaurants that serve chickpea dishes?". Might as well bring both your passions to the channel :D

[waterdragon]

Chickpeas? Where did that come from?😂 Love your factoids! ❤ I always learn something new watching your channel. Thanks Kris! You’re my favourite shark guy! ❤

[SwordsAndSharks]

You're consistently making such great content, love the way you present too as always dude.

Whale sharks are one of the most beautiful animals on earth 😍

[Raccoon_Teeth]

i love ur channel so much i found it last month and ive been obsessed with learning about sharks ever since :3

[nonormies]

Glad to see you doing better, keep it up! 👊

[karenmurray]

Interesting episode Kris, great to have more insight into these awesome fish, thank you.

[FightologyBoxing]

Such a great channel I have binge watched about half of your videos this week. Going to be sad once I have watched every single video on the channel haha. Can't wait for more.