Giant whale shark washes ashore

Whale shark
In this May, 30, 2010 photo, a whale shark swims in the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Inside a few small vials at the world's largest aquarium is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the planet's biggest fish. Scientists at the Georgia Aquarium and Emory University are teaming up to produce the first genome of the whale shark, bidding to catalog the DNA of a fish that long has puzzled researchers. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

A giant whale shark washed ashore near Karachi fisheries harbor in Karachi, Pakistan on Feb. 7 and was sold for 1.7 million PKR ($18,758), local media reported.