: 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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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.
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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
Researchers don’t know whether the 23-foot (7-meter) basking shark inhabiting the waters around the Blasket Islands, off the coast of Ireland, survived the collision.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2024
At one point during that swim, a basking shark appeared and swam alongside Edgley for a day and a half.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
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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
Researchers don’t know whether the 23-foot (7-meter) basking shark inhabiting the waters around the Blasket Islands, off the coast of Ireland, survived the collision.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2024
At one point during that swim, a basking shark appeared and swam alongside Edgley for a day and a half.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
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“Basking shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basking%20shark. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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