Events: detail
Nature Live event: Whale Sharks: The Gentle Giants
- Hosted by:
- Natural History Museum
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- June 08, 2007 at 12:30 pm
- Ends:
- June 08, 2007 at 01:30 pm
- Location:
- Natural History Museum, , Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Whale sharks are the largest fish in the world, but these plankton-feeders are harmless giants. These bus-sized sharks swim thousands of kilometres each year in search of food, and regularly swim to well over a kilometre deep. But increasing demand for their meat and fins have led to overfishing and dramatic declines in their populations. Join us as we meet Simon Pierce who is researching whale sharks in southern Mozambique to obtain the information necessary to conserve this threatened species
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Dates and times: Friday 8 June, 12.30
Visitor enquiries: 020 7942 5000
Admission: Free
Website: www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-live
