A 10-metre long whale shark has been pulled from the water off Karachi, Pakistan, with plans to put the giant on display.
It took two cranes and more than four hours to lift the seven-tonne fish on to a jetty. Fishermen said it was found dead in shallow water off Gadani, local media reported.
The enormous specimen was later sold for 1.7 million Rupees (about $17,000), the ABC reported.
A man who claims to have found the shark, nicknamed 'Moby Dick' by local media, told The Express Tribune that "it was dead when my men found it''.
"We will try to auction it. Let's see what it fetches us."
The shark will be put on public display for three days and the buyer will charge visitors, a fisheries dealer told the Tribune.
Pakistani marine biologist at the WWF Moazam Khan said that about 30 whale sharks have been found dead in Pakistani waters in the past seven years.
"No one kills them intentionally now," he said.
He said the whale shark was an endangered species and should not be killed in any case.
BIG FISH FACTS
- Whale sharks weigh an average of 20 tonnes.
- The largest measured whale shark was 12 metres long, but they are thought to grow bigger.
- The next biggest shark is the basking shark which can reach up to 10 metres, followed by the great white, which can measure up to seven metres.
- The sperm whale - a mammal - grows up to 18 metres and can weigh up to 45 tonnes.
- The lions mane jellyfish can reach up to six metres.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/seventonne-fish-pulled-from-water-20120208-1razs.html#ixzz1lpB7xQwO
pictures:
1. A man stands on a dead whale shark before it was pulled from the water by cranes as residents gather at Karachi's fish harbor
2.Pakistani fishermen use cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the waters at a fish harbour in Karachi. Photo: AP
3.WHALE SHARK NETTED IN PAKISTAN
People look at a carcass of whale shark in Karachi. Photo: AFP
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