"The biggest fish in the sea is a polka dotted gentle giant." Link to the article from Smithsonian Magazine (one of our favorites) now! Juliet Eilperin is the writer and photographs (wow!) are by Brian Skerry.
"The biggest fish in the sea, a whale shark can weigh many tons and grow to more than 45 feet in length. It’s named not only for its great size but its diet; like some whale species, the whale shark feeds on plankton. A filtering apparatus in its mouth allows it to capture tiny marine life from the vast amount of water it swallows. But it is a shark—a kind of fish with cartilage rather than bone for a skeleton—a slow-moving, polka-dotted, deep-diving shark."
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