I got an email from a reader telling me that last night while he was at Marina Crescent there was a Whale Shark around 3 meters in length and 2 meters wide stranded on the beach. There were 4 scuba divers with the shark and they tried to push him out to sea but the shark kept coming back. I am trying to get a hold of some pictures and once I do I will post them here.
I’ve previously posted about a whale shark that was caught in Kuwait. Hopefully this one will end up getting saved.
Update: Al Rai has a lot of pictures like the one above which you can see [Here]
Update2: Al Watan daily has an English article which you can read [Here]
29 replies on “Whale Shark stranded at Marina Crescent”
They showed it in the Alwatan TV news last night, but it was not clear.
The whale shark simply can’t take the heat anymore.
“him out to see but the shark kept coming back.”
Spelling mistake: sea
thanks fixed
I’m calling my marine biologist friend to get some details. Standby.
It’s written in Al-Qabas today
https://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=519150&date=21072009
3 meters long and 2 meters wide?
I hope they save him though.
Guys, it still there!! My cousin went today at 11 am and it was still there. Go see him and enjoy 🙂
marine biology in kuwait, now thats one narrow field of work !
apparently someone wanted to shoot it, but people around him (probably him) were trying to tell him it is no dangerous..
according to al qabas, its a fish, a 3 meter fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark an adult whale shark would not fit in the marina
Nat passed by around 11 and the beach was empty. Where is the shark?
A few weeks ago my brother was in scuba diving class o that whale shark stopped by … there is a video on youtube of the class diving with the whale shark fish and he says he is as harmless as an ant and is actually vegeterian …indeed the divers didn’t look scared at all!
Maybe it’s the same whale shark roaming the area? hungry or something? Why is it announcing it’s appearance every now and then?
Why did it come as far as Marina Crescent? Looking for food? Trying to commit suicide in a place with a view? Reviving the tourism industry in the summer?!
This is becoming like UFO sightings. Has anyone confirmed the whaleshark? Or was this some sick joke?
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=242876340009
We in New York recently had a 24 foot Basking Shark wash up on one of our Long Island beaches and it died shortly after (cause of death not yet known). Apparently both the Basking and Whale Sharks are vegetarians who usually hang out in warmer waters.
Mark it’s not in the beach! it’s right in front for costa the dock area where there is a crescent shape of the side walk! It’s not a joke guys. I went today as well at 3:30 pm and it was there! I got a call at 8 pm confirming that the whale shark is still there and the rescuing is going on!
MARK if you didn’t see it, check this link in today’s newspaper
https://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=146093
woow thats scary…… I always feel like sombody’s watching meeeeeee when im at the sea :p
There’s an article with photos in today’s Al Watan Daily
I was there 2 nights ago and saw loads of people around the rails looking in the water. At first I thought they were looking at the regular fishes that swim there (and seem to have gotten larger now) but I was wondering why they were all amazed with fishes suddenly BUT thats when the whale shark swam out and oh what a sight! Beautiful, large whale shark. (at the time, I had no clue it was a whale shark. Everyone was calling it something… someone said it was a hamour!!!)
I passed by again yesterday and it was still there.
alqabas also
https://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=519416&date=22072009
two pictures; the team trying to rescue the shark and the audience watching near costa cafe
thats not a whale shark. its a “Zabbaal”. its the big fish that cleans the ocean
Just posted about the video also 😉
https://q8blackmarket.blogspot.com/2009/07/whale-shark-in-marina-mall-kuwait.html
Nova; whats a Zabbaal !?
mark; is it still there? or did it go?!
* sry i spelled my name wrong; Confused .
I took the kids to see it in (right in front of Costa in Marina Crescent) if you’re lucky and patient you will get a glimpse of this wonderful whale shark. It’s difficult to see clearly as the water is dirty and some yobs were throwing cigarettes and plastic water bottles in to the water to add to the pollution. Would have been nice to have seen someone official around watching out for the whale’s welfare.
Lol Nova…seriously? I mean common seriously? lol
Now tell me which one looks more like the giant thing in the picture above.
The Whale Shark
https://diveinutila.com/images/stories/altonsimages/whalesharks/Whale-shark%20wide.jpg
Or your Zabbaal
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariummagazine/may08/images/chinese-algae-eater-lg.jpg
is it dead yet?
SAVED!