: a large plankton-feeding shark (Cetorhinus maximus) that has an oil-rich liver and may attain a length of up to 45 feet (13.7 meters)
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Those on a Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch recently got a good look at a basking shark off of Provincetown.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2024
Also, white sharks have two-tone coloration, and basking sharks have uniform coloration.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2024
An old box hedge running down one side of the garden had been turned into a procession including an owl, a pig, two rabbits, a hen, a goose, a duck, a snail, a dove, some Barbara Hepworth-style abstracts, and a basking shark.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
The fin of a basking shark is overall more rounded, with a slightly curved back edge.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 11 July 2024
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2024
Also, white sharks have two-tone coloration, and basking sharks have uniform coloration.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2024
An old box hedge running down one side of the garden had been turned into a procession including an owl, a pig, two rabbits, a hen, a goose, a duck, a snail, a dove, some Barbara Hepworth-style abstracts, and a basking shark.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
The fin of a basking shark is overall more rounded, with a slightly curved back edge.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 11 July 2024
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“Basking shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basking%20shark. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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