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17/07/2007: "MOUTH OF WHALE SHARK ...... Tiny thrill-seekers"
Young Golden Trevally appear to ride a pressure wave in front of the enormous mouth of the whale shark.
It would be an interesting study to learn what benefits these fish obtain. Security and food would seem obvious, yet at what cost? Easy to become food for the shark too, it would seem. Perhaps the tiny fish feed on plankton as does the giant shark?
Has anyone studied this phenomenon?
