Boaters Got Video Of A 30 Foot Whale Shark Off The Coast Of Sarasota Over Memorial Weekend

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Attracts Visitors MOTOBU, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 26: A eight-metre-long Whale shark swims with other fish in a worlds' largest tank with its front panel size of 8.2 metre x 22.5 metre at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium on February 26, 2010 in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. Japan's most popular aquarium attracts more than 2.5 million visitors per year. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) (Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

June 6, 2022 at 4:32 p.m. UTC

By Ethan

28 miles off the Florida coast around Sarasota, a couple of boaters out fishing over the Memorial Day Weekend caught something much bigger, a video of a whale shark munching plankton in the Gulf Of Mexico.

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