SWIMMING WITH SHARKS.
The article presents an overview of visits which wildlife researchers from several international agencies and tourists are making to the Mexican island of Isla Holbox just off of the Yucatan Peninsula in an effort to learn about mysterious whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea. Information which...
| Publicado en: | Smithsonian Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 34 - 41 |
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Smithsonian Magazine
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