We also observed a whale shark ram filter feeding, both at and just below the surface, on the thimble jellyfish Linuche unguiculata (1 cm3 in size) at noon on 4 April
1999.
This observation was made inside the barrier reef in 10 m water depth, where the jellyfish were found at high concentrations along a wind-driven current line.
This same shark, nicknamed ‘Fringy Dorsal/Kinky Tail’ (because of a distinctly ragged distal edge of the first dorsal fin and a kinked tail that we could recognize from the video footage) was observed feeding on spawn later the same evening.