The Whale Shark Rhincodon

This fish, the largest of them all, would appear to be one of the most gentle creatures in the sea. It feeds only on small fish and if you were to dive with a whale shark, you'd find it wouldn't have any interest in hurting you.
It's been named the Whale Shark for it's size (largest recored was 12.65 metres long) and feeding habits,. they tend to filter feed on plankton, however it has been revealed that they hunt small fish and are known to time their arrival to certain destinations in order to feed on spawning fish eggs and sperm.
The whale shark lives in all tropical seas and tends to migrate around the world for food, mating and nursing.
It's mouth can be up to 1.5 metres wide, so if i was to lie down, it could easily fit me sidewys on it's mouth. It's big. To tell if a whale shark is juvenile or adult, it's tail starts off to be alot larger on the top half then bottom, and grows to be semi-lunate/crescent shaped.
Although it's not encouraged by shark scientists and conservationalists, these sharks seem to allow diver to hold onto their fins and go for a ride. But there was a report of a guy who was photographing a whale shark feeding and got just too close so was almost sucked into the whale's mouth on accident.

It appears on the back side of the 100pesos note in the Phillipines as many have been seen and hunted around the Phillipines.
Many aquariums in Asia keep Whale Sharks captive as their main attractions, but personally, I'd rather see them in the wild.
Different names:
Ca-Ong=Sir Fish:Vietman
Pez Dama/Domino:Latin America
Sapodilla Tom:Belize
Papa Shillingi:Kenya
Marokintana=many stars:Madagascar
Geger Lintang:Indonesia
Butanding/Balilang:Phillipines
Photo Credit:http://www.thegreenpages.com.au/news/love-doesnt-hurt-ecotourism-has-no-long-term-effect-on-whale-sharks-aims-au/df