Tourist Glides Alongside Whale Shark in Maldives
Tourists visiting the Maldives often take advantage of their time there to see the whale sharks common to the region. However, this tourist got a particularly close-up view of the species, the largest fish in the sea.
Rizkhan Mohamed of Shadow Palm Tours in the Maldives captured the footage during an underwater excursion with tourists to the area, first posting it to social media on March 7.
National Geographic notes that while whale sharks may be “massive,” the filter feeders are “docile” and even occasionally “allow swimmers to hitch a ride.” Credit: shadowpalmmaldives via Storyful
