Whale Shark Caught by ROV (VIDEO)

Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Schmidt Ocean Institute's underwater robot SuBastian also captured footage for the first time of a rare whale shark, a deep water species that dates back millions of years and whose name comes from its length of more than 40 feet.

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