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Green-Free-Lancer Captain
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 Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:52 pm
Popular whale shark dies mysteriously
Source: The Shark Trust, daily news 14 May 2007
Mainichi Daily News: Osaka -- A popular whale shark at an aquarium here died late Sunday while being treated at a research institute in Kochi Prefecture, aquarium officials said.
The cause of the death of the 5.4-meter-long female whale shark, named Yu-chan, is unknown, according to officials. The fish is believed to be 12 to 13 years old.
Yu-chan, which was kept at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Minato-ku, was transferred to the Marine Biological Research Institute in Tosashimizu on May 7 for treatment after it couldn't hold its food.
The whale shark was caught in a fishing net off Tosashimizu in July 1998. It had been kept at the aquarium for 2,505 days since June 2000.
A male whale shark, Kai-kun, has been on display at the aquarium since last Thursday.
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:48 am
Any idea what happened to him?
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