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funkysafari:

BASKING SHARK 

Fun Facts: After the whale shark, the basking shark is the second largest living fish, and can grow up to 32 feet long. These sharks are often mistaken for plesiosaurs, a group of long-necked, predatory marine reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.

Holy crap.

Wouldn’t want to meet this guy in a dark alley.

Or anywhere else.

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD. 

WHOA THERE!