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Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest shark, and indeed largest of any fishes alive today.
They feed on plankton and travel large distances to find enough food to sustain their huge size, and
to reproduce. Whale sharks are found in all the tropical oceans of the world. Their white spotted
colouration makes these gentle giants easy to distinguish, and popular with snorkelers and divers at
sites where they aggregate off the coast.

The maximum size of whale sharks is not known, but could be as large as 20m. Females give birth to
live young but this has never been observed. Where pupping occurs and where the youngest animals
situate remains a mystery, as they are very rarely found. Adults are often found feeding at the
surface, but may dive to 1000m. Whale sharks are protected from fishing in many countries these
days, but are in decline in some areas.

Indian elephants may spend up to 19 hours a day feeding and they can produce about 220 pounds of
dung per day while wandering over an area that can cover up to 125 square miles. This helps to
disperse germinating seeds. They feed mainly on grasses, but large amounts of tree bark, roots,
leaves and small stems are also eaten. Cultivated crops such as bananas, rice and sugarcane are
favored foods as well. Since they need to drink at least once a day, these elephants are always close
to a source of fresh water.

Known for their distinctive red fur, orangutans are the largest arboreal mammal, spending most of
their time in trees. Long, powerful arms and grasping hands and feet allow them to move through
the branches. These great apes share 96.4% of our genes and are highly intelligent creatures.

A third species of orangutan was announced in November, 2017. With no more than 800 individuals
in existence, the Tapanuli orangutan is the most endangered of all great apes.

For more than 100 million years sea turtles have covered vast distances across the world's oceans,
filling a vital role in the balance of marine habitats. Seven different species of sea (or marine) turtles
grace our ocean waters, from the shallow seagrass beds of the Indian Ocean, to the colorful reefs of
the Coral Triangle and the sandy beaches of the Eastern Pacific. While these highly migratory species
periodically come ashore to either bask or nest, sea turtles spend the bulk of their lives in the ocean.
WWF's work on sea turtles focuses on five of those species: green, hawksbill, loggerhead,
leatherback, and olive ridley.

After a century of decline, overall wild tiger numbers are starting to tick upward. Based on the best
available information, tiger populations are stable or increasing in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Russia and
China. An estimated 3,900 tigers remain in the wild, but much more work is needed to protect this
species if we are to secure its future in the wild. In some areas, including much of Southeast Asia,
tigers are still in crisis and declining in number.
As their name implies, mountain gorillas live in forests high in the mountains, at elevations of 8,000
to 13,000 feet. They have thicker fur, and more of it, compared to other great apes. The fur helps
them to survive in a habitat where temperatures often drop below freezing. But as humans have
moved more and more into the gorillas’ territory, the gorillas have been pushed farther up into the
mountains for longer periods, forcing them to endure dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions.

Hector’s dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine dolphins in the world. They have distinct black
facial markings, short stocky bodies and a dorsal fin shaped like a Mickey Mouse ear. There is a
subspecies of Hector’s dolphin known as Maui’s dolphin that is critically endangered and estimated
to have a population of only 55. They are found only in the shallow coastal waters along western
shores of New Zealand’s North Island.

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Black rhinos are the smaller of the two African rhino species. The most notable difference between
white and black rhinos are their hooked upper lip. This distinguishes them from the white rhino,
which has a square lip. Black rhinos are browsers rather than grazers, and their pointed lip helps
them feed on leaves from bushes and trees. They have two horns, and occasionally a third, small
posterior horn.

Populations of black rhino declined dramatically in the 20 th century at the hands of European hunters
and settlers. Between 1960 and 1995, black rhino numbers dropped by a sobering 98%, to less than
2,500. Since then, the species has made a tremendous comeback from the brink of extinction. Thanks
to persistent conservation efforts across Africa, black rhino numbers have doubled from their historic
low 20 years ago to around 5,600 today. However, the black rhino is still considered critically
endangered, and a lot of work remains to bring the numbers up to even a fraction of what it once
was—and to ensure that it stays there. Wildlife crime—in this case, poaching and black-market
trafficking of rhino horn—continues to plague the species and threaten its recovery.