Seeking Giant Sharks: A Shark Diver's Quest for Whale Sharks, Basking Sharks, and Manta Rays

By Daniel Nunn

What's got 3,000 tiny teeth and a 4-foot-wide mouth? The whale shark or "the friendliest shark in the sea," according to diver and photographer Jeff Rotman. But friendly or not, these school-bus-size fish can be intimidating as Jeff finds out! Join him on his quest to reveal the quiet mysteries of filter feeders such as the whale shark and basking sharks, and why these giant creatures need our help.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Dec 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9780756554675

Daniel Nunn

Daniel Nunn has written numerous books for young readers on a variety of topics, specializing in early years and elementary education. Like Eddie the Elephant, he enjoys playing hide and seek with his two young children. His favorite hiding place is behind the curtains in the living room!

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THE LARGEST OF THEM ALL

SHY SHARK

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THE LARGEST OF THEM ALL

WHALE SHARKS

If you know just one thing about whale sharks, it’s probably this: The whale shark is the biggest fish in the world, but it eats some of the smallest animals in the ocean.

But did you know that the huge beast is perhaps the gentlest shark of all? At least that’s what underwater photographer Jeff Rotman says. He calls the whale shark the friendliest shark in the sea.

In the ocean BIG doesn’t always mean SCARY. (Of course, sometimes it does.)

A whale shark plays with a golden trevally fish on Ningaloo Reef in Australia.

Jeff has been fascinated with sharks for years. From the tiny pygmy shark to the granddaddy of them all—the whale shark—Jeff loves discovering new things about sharks, rays, and other shark relatives.

"What impresses me most about the incredible variety of sharks is how well each species is adapted to live in different parts of