<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d198048a-41ea-4191-b869-ba26271d2b41/37022B4F-D60B-4A9E-B36D-1588568AC78B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html"><P><STRONG>May 8, 2009</STRONG> -- <A target="_blank" href="http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/2007/12/whale-shark-fac.html">Whale sharks</A> live throughout the world's tropics -- from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific to the Caribbean -- but these giant fish are surprisingly low in genetic diversity, according to a new study.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html"><P> <STRONG><A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/animals-the-skinny-on-whale-sharks.html">VIDEO: Learn some interesting facts about the gentle giants of the sea.</A></STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/7D6C0102-1CD2-4572-B425-5E24B26B53C1" alt="Biggest Fish in the Sea" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html"><P>The finding suggests that even far-flung populations of <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/25/whale-shark-size.html">whale sharks</A> intermix and breed -- an important insight for conservation efforts. The work also adds to our basic understanding of a magnificent and elusive giant that can grow up to 60 feet long and weigh more than 40,000 pounds. Its fin alone can be 5 feet tall. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html"><P>"To see one in the ocean is amazing," said Jennifer Schmidt, a developmental biologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "Their sheer size is overwhelming. The first time I ever got into the water near a whale shark, you're next to something that makes you feel tiny. It's hard to describe."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/08/whale-shark-genes.html">the sharks swim deep underwater, where they're hard to find. 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