{"id":126124,"date":"2021-08-14T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=126124"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:10:33","slug":"whale-shark-caught-in-fishing-net-in-odisha-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/whale-shark-caught-in-fishing-net-in-odisha-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale shark caught in fishing net in Odisha dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>Down To Earth<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

A female whale shark died after getting trapped in a fishing net off Odisha\u2019s Paradip coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whale Shark:<\/b><\/h5>\n

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  1. Whale Shark<\/span>(<\/span>Rhincodon typus<\/span><\/i>) is the largest known extant fish species.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Features<\/b>: Whale Sharks are a <\/span>\u2018filter feeder shark\u2019<\/b> which means it does not eat meat like other sharks. They <\/span>filter seawater<\/b> and <\/span>feed on tiny planktons.<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Habitat: <\/b>The whale shark is found in open waters of the tropical oceans and is rarely found in water below 21 \u00b0C (70 \u00b0F). In<\/span>\u00a0India<\/b>, they <\/span>are mostly found in the Gulf of Mannar and Gujarat coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Conservation Status:<\/b><\/h5>\n
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    1. IUCN Red List: <\/b>Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. CITES:<\/b> Appendix II<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: <\/b>Schedule I\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Threats:<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. Oil & gas drilling, shipping lanes\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Accidental entanglement in fishing nets\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Source: Down To Earth What is the News? A female whale shark died after getting trapped in a fishing net off Odisha\u2019s Paradip coast. Whale Shark: Whale Shark(Rhincodon typus) is the largest known extant fish species. Features: Whale Sharks are a \u2018filter feeder shark\u2019 which means it does not eat meat like other sharks. They… Continue reading Whale shark caught in fishing net in Odisha dies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704764191},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}