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At first glance, Kristain Schmidt and Shawn Heinrichs’ photos of models swimming with whale sharks off the coast of the Philippines appear heavily Photoshopped. But while the levels and colors have been manipulated and the backgrounds tweaked, the most striking part – the models’ proximity to sharks – is real. While a bit whimsical, the photos have recently gone viral

Fearless underwater models brought the worlds of fashion and the ocean together in the shoot of a lifetime by freediving with 30-foot-long whale sharks. Instead of flaunting their curves on the catwalk like other international models, Hannah Fraser, 36, and Roberta Mancino, 32, gamely dived up to 25-feet-deep into the ocean, complete with designer attire, for a one-of-a-kind photo-session posing

The whale sharks in Oslob town in southern Cebu were spared from Pablo’s wrath as they have an in-built warning system that prompted them to dive deep into the water to escape the strong currents whipped up by the typhoon. The Italian-based research group Physalus led by Dr. Alessandro Ponzo said that the whale sharks that frequent the town tucked

The world’s largest fish swim to the surface to warm up, after diving for extended periods at chilly depths of hundreds of meters. A new study in Australia of four whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, has shown that the fish spend around 2.5 hours at the surface, on average, after making very deep, long day dives, in addition to the shorter,

Like giant goldfish, these massive whale sharks don’t mind being fed hand to mouth by their fishermen friends. Photographed near Oslob in the Philippines, the groundbreaking images show close relationship previously not thought possible. Captured by conservationist Shawn Heinrichs, the once-in-a-lifetime behaviour of the half dozen whale sharks up to 25ft long and the 12 or so fishermen draws gasps of disbelief