Image: Giant whale shark mouth 1.5 m wide

At first glance, the diver is faced with a giant fish with a wide mouth as if trying to swallow him.

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But in fact, the 5-meter whale shark (also known as the whale shark) called Hachibei is completely harmless. They are one of the world's largest and rarest marine species. This is also a rare and precious gene fish, recorded in the Vietnam Red Book.

Whale sharks participate in performances at an amusement park in Japan.

An adult elephant shark may reach a record length of 12.65 m. Their mouths are extremely wide, reaching 1.5 m, and inside there are about 300 to 350 tiny teeth.

Hachibei is a species of whale shark and one of the giant and rare marine creatures
best of the world.

Whale sharks often live in tropical waters and can live up to 70 years old. Their food is mainly plankton, small plants and sometimes fish. They are also rated as a gentle, friendly people.

This rare Hachibei shark throws hundreds of visitors every day to Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Aquarium , located in Yokohama Bay, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan.

Hachibei is 5m long with a wide mouth, looks disgusting but actually
extremely gentle.

In Vietnam, in August 2010, a fisherman in Binh Dinh also caught the whale shark that was nearly 5m long, the circumference of the abdomen 2.5m, the width of the tail over 2m. This rare whale shark was later acquired by Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography for VND 12 million.