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Characteristic spots and stripes adorn the largest fish in the sea forming an intricate pattern, like a warrior painted for battle. Scientists use these distinctive markings to identify individual whale sharks. Like a fingerprint, each is as unique and special as the last.
Care Instructions: All bottles should be cleaned regularly. Dishwasher safe, or hand wash with warm water and soap after use. Store with the top off.
High grade 18/8 stainless steel, non-toxic, BPA free
5% of sales will be donated to Marine Megafauna Foundation, a non-profit focused on the research and conservation of threatened marine megafauna, particularly sharks and rays.
Orders are lovingly packaged using minimal packaging and eco-responsible materials, and shipped from our wonderful partner warehouse in Pennsylvania within the same or next business day. We’ll email you with your tracking info as soon as your order is shipped.
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Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are fish, not whales - allowing them to hold the esteemed title of "largest fish in the sea" (since sharks are fish too!). These charismatic creatures can reach lengths of 12 meters (40 feet) or more! Despite their large size, they feed on some of the smallest organisms in the sea, plankton. Hanging vertically in the water column they're able to suction feed and filter these tiny organisms through their gill rakers much like a giant vacuum cleaner pulls dust and dirt from a kitchen floor, filtering the fragments into its chamber within.
Unfortunately, approximately 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans, through direct targeted fishing efforts as well as unintended bycatch from other fisheries. The whale shark is one species of shark that is particularly vulnerable to this commercial fishing due to their high value in international trade, in addition to their highly migratory nature and normally low abundance. Research into the lives of these gentle giants can help us to manage their populations and keep these magnificent fish in the ocean where they belong.
The Marine Megafauna Foundation is helping to shed light on the population structure, migratory patterns, and the conservation requirements of these threatened sharks. Created in 2009, they aim to research, protect and conserve the large populations of marine megafauna (large marine species) found along the Mozambican coastline. Almost all whale sharks encountered by divers are juveniles and most are males. Where the school-bus-sized mature sharks swim, what they eat, and where the females give birth has long been a mystery, however their team is now very close to making these discoveries. 5% of sales from your purchase will go to the Marine Megafauna Foundation for satellite tags that are needed to track the movements of these large female whale sharks.
“Waterlust's support provides critical seed funding for us to rapidly develop and implement whale shark conservation projects in areas where this globally-endangered species is most at risk. This includes Mozambique, where our research and awareness work helped the government decide to fully protect whale sharks just a few weeks ago. We love working with a company that is so committed to making a positive change in the world.”
Dr. Simon Pierce, Co-Founder / Principal Scientist
the Marine Megafauna Foundation
Great water bottle! The graphics are amazing and the bottle is of high quality. It shipped quickly too!
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Thank you! It’s beautiful just as the whale sharks are. The quality is amazing, hopefully we are going to enjoy our company for a very long time.
Keep doing your amazing job!
We bought two bottles for our young children, as a replacement for their current metal bottles with plastic tops, which we will donate. We bought these for an upcoming trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Love this water bottle! The print is beautiful, the bottle is slim enough to hold comfortably in your hand and it keeps my water cold!
one of the most important things in life to my daughter (late elementary schooler for whom i purchased this water bottle) is that the water she drinks is COLD! this bottle fulfills her needs wonderfully! we filled it with water and ice, left it in the car (in FL summer sun), and it still contained ice when we returned to the car hours later. she can open and close it without needing help, drink from it without spilling, and add her own ice cubes without getting frustrated about the size of the bottle opening. she also loves the print! great product! only downside is that it doesn't fit in all cupholders in our cars; it's a little large in diameter. that's not a big deterrent though since she'll use it during the school day and doesn't like refilling at school.
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