At almost 20 meters long, the whale shark is the largest fish in the world and, to the fishermen in the Southern Asian seas, one of the most prized in the ocean - but not because they want to catch it.
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Title: Whale Sharks Form Unlikely Friendship with Fishermen | 4K UHD | Seven Worlds One Planet | BBC Earth
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