Aquarium plays whale shark matchmaker

The Georgia Aquarium’s two male whale sharks got some female companionship when they were joined by two females transported to Atlanta from Taipei, Taiwan. Researchers are hoping the sharks will mate. The females (11 feet and 14 feet long) were flown more than 8,000 miles.

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