The biggest fish on Earth are girls

[Mike Wehner]

• Scientists discovered that whale sharks grow differently based on their gender.
• Male sharks grow faster than females, but females ultimately get much, much larger than their male counterparts.
• Female whale sharks can reach a maximum size of around 46 feet in length.

There are many different types of fish in the world's oceans. Species vary greatly in everything from color to appetite to size, but the mighty whale shark has long been considered the biggest. Whale sharks aren't actually whales at all, of course, as that would make them mammals and not fish, but a new study reveals that gender plays a big role in how large a whale shark can get.

The study, which was published in Frontiers in Marine Science, utilizes decades worth of data to reveal how both male and female whale sharks grow. As it turns out, male whale sharks grow faster, which may be advantageous, but female whale sharks are capable of growing much, much larger.

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