For our first #SpeciesSpotlight of the year we're taking a look at one of the larger visitors we have to the UK coast - the basking shark 🦈 Here are a few interesting facts about these impressive animals 👇 - Basking sharks can reach lengths of up to 12m (the length of a London bus) and are the second largest fish in the world - These gentle giants are filter feeders - their huge mouths can be up to 1m wide and they can filter up to an Olympic-sized swimming pool of sea water every hour - They
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For our first #SpeciesSpotlight of the year we're taking a look at one of the larger visitors we have to the UK coast - the basking shark 🦈 Here are a few interesting facts about these impressive animals 👇 - Basking sharks can reach lengths of up to 12m (the length of a London bus) and are the second largest fish in the world - These gentle giants are filter feeders - their huge mouths can be up to 1m wide and they can filter up to an Olympic-sized swimming pool of sea water every hour - They
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