Weighing up to 35 tonnes, the whale shark has poor eyesight and relies on its sense of smell to track prey. Off Mafia Island, whale sharks congregate in large numbers in order to feed. These ...

Mafia, the island off Tanzania coast, is blessed to be home to hundreds of whale sharks. They are the biggest recorded fish in the ocean globally. A whale shark can measure up to 18 meters long and ...

Tanzania is another East African country where whale sharks roam. While Zanzibar sits north of Dar Es Salaam, the biggest city in the nation, Mafia Island lies to the southeast and is shaped a ...