14th. November 2023.
I have just received news and photos of a Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) that was found dead stranded on a beach in Barangay Ipil, Dipaculao Aurora, Philippines. This female Megamouth was pregnant and was giving birth In fact, one pup was discovered next to her another 6 pups were discovered inside her.
As details are still coming in, this is already a huge discovery as it will give us more data especially about birth sizes and breeding grounds.
This is the third Megamouth Shark found within a week in the Philippines. The two other discoveries were reported from Negros and Hinunangan, all sharks were dead. This brings the total of known records to 279.
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