Scientists conducting an aerial survey came across a mysterious sight, involving the world's second-largest living fish. 9News
The group witnessed several clusters of basking sharks swimming in what they called a "cartwheel formation", according to New England Aquariam.Pilot points to potential cause of deadly crashThe aerial survey team spotted this group of four basking sharks swimming in a cartwheel formation on October 11, 2022."Usually, we see basking sharks swimming alone, so this was quite surprising," a statement about the sighting read.
The post also said scientists with the aquarium had also spotted an aggregation of about 1,400 basking sharks near Martha's Vineyard, a Massachusetts island, in 2013."Their function still remains a mystery, although it is thought that food resources could draw the sharks together, and they then engage in courtship behaviour.Basking sharks are the second-largest living shark, and fish, after the whale shark. .
Adult basking sharks typically reach 7.9 metres in length. They consume plankton, which they collect by expanding their mouth and swimming at a continuous pace. The basking shark is a filter feeder that consumes plankton. Adults typically reach lengths of 7.9 metres.The largest basking shark ever recorded is said to have been caught in 1851 in Canada; it measured 12.3 metres in length.
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