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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Legaspi -> Donsol, Sorsogon: Whale Sharks Encounter

Start:     May 1, '11
End:     May 5, '11
Location:     Bicol, Philippines
A chance to experience puttering along with these gentle creatures...

I hope the weather cooperates!

Its been ages since I've been to Legaspi City (back in the good ole 90s).

Relying on my friend Che to help me go around by myself in Legaspi while waiting for 'em to arrive and then we can go to Sorsogon :-)


From the internet -
Whale sharks live in tropical, warm waters all around the world. For eating, they swim quite near the water surface.

Whale sharks are not dangerous for human beings, on the contrary.
Though their mouth is about 1.5 meter wide, the opening to the stomach is very small. So, they are not able to swallow a human body. Whale sharks only live on plankton and krill.

When they have a length of 4.5 meters, the weight is about 750 kg. The maximum length of a grownup whale shark is 13-14 meters. The whale shark then has a weight of approximately 1500 kilograms.
Oh, it can reach 9 meters :-) so its the biggest fish in the world!!

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18 comments:

  1. John WellbeloveApril 10, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    Enjoy it Cat. Hugs.

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  2. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    thanks John! hope to swim w/ these fishes :-)

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  3. John WellbeloveApril 10, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    Great, I've only seen them in the giant aquarium in Japan - Okinawa.
    Hugs.

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  4. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    huge, right? funny how they just eat plankton

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  5. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    re-reading this part, somehow I'm not that comforted...LOL!

    so one could just get stuck in the mouth eh?

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  6. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    k, somehow I'm having second thoughts :-)

    just a swish of their tail while I am in the water with them and I might be going rocketing off into space and land in Mars....LOL

    it might be better to watch them from the safety of such an aquarium area

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  7. John WellbeloveApril 10, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    I don't think you need to worry about that.
    LOL

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  8. che c",)April 10, 2011 at 6:24 AM

    very nice experience i want to do it again!!!

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  9. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    @ John - hmm... could be Venus if not Mars :-)

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  10. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    @ Che - dapat every year, like a reunion hahaha!

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  11. John WellbeloveApril 10, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Venus is far too hot and unfriendly for you.
    LOL.

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  12. CatH \(^_^)/April 10, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    hmm...ok, maybe the trajectory will lead me back to Earth...

    hahaha...thanks John!

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  13. dr.philip del carmenApril 11, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    now you will need a waterproof cam...Kodak used to make disposable water cameras.

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  14. CatH \(^_^)/April 11, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    actually, nandito pa naman po ang aking GE W3P..

    personally I liked sana yung kuha ng Olympus ko (one of the first gen na u850sw nila)....kaso nga lang pangit ang design w/ regards to the battery cover..hay sayang..Japan ko pa naman nabili yon...at pumapasok ang tubig...

    sabi ng technician sa Hidalgo (after inspection) malabo na daw yon eh...kaya di na lang ako pumunta sa Olympus service center dito..
    nagamit ko pa sya sa Caramoan..*sigh*

    I wonder what is the top 5 waterproof cams ngayon? parang Canon's is ok, medyo malaki lang (makes me think of dive suits..weirdly enough)

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  15. dr.philip del carmenApril 11, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    I wud invest on an expensive camera only if I will be going underwater a lot. Will check & pass link when I find list of waterproof cams.

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  16. CatH \(^_^)/April 11, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    maybe its better if casing na lang ano po?

    I was jokingly telling another friend...e yung freezer bag na lang..para wala na akong gastos...ehek!

    ako naman may maliit na waterproof usually sa bag usually para if its showering or raining may camera magamit in case..

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  17. Boboy YonzonApril 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Pictures! Pictures!

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  18. CatH \(^_^)/April 11, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    sama na lang po kayo para may pictures kami :-) hehehe!

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