Another whale shark dies in captivity

[Fish Wrangler]

A 12-13 year old female, this time in Osaka, Japan.

Popular whale shark dies mysteriously

Very sad.

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta lost a male whale shark in January -- you can read my rant about the aquarium getting 2 more males in Whine and Cheeze:

Georgia Aquarium to get 2 more whale sharks

 

[drbill]

As I posted in your other thread, I don't think large animals like this should be kept in aquaria. At least we do a better job maintaining aquaria for the smaller things.

 

[Cheekymonkey]

I didnt like that one very much so I'm not gonna lie, I wished that upon him

 

[Jcsgt]

I agree, whale sharks should not be kept in captivity.

I hear "experts" say that they need to do this for research. How can you accurately study a creature in captivity when it does not behave nor thrive such as it would in the wild? That makes no sense to me, since the creature's behavior would be different than it would if it were free.