Drawing out ocean’s ‘gentle giants’

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Tourist flock to a remote village in the Philippines to see and even swim with whale sharks, the world’s largest fish. But many conservationists are concerned about the practice.

Snorkelers watch a whale shark approach a feeder boat off the beach of Tan-awan, on the southern Philippines island of Cebu. Tan-awan used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Now, tourists flock there by the hundreds to swim with whale sharks, the world's largest fish. David Loh/Reuters

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