The shark won't invade a natural habitat unless its has food and warm water. It has an extremely large liver, bigger than most species of sharks. The liver is believed to be ¼ of the overall body weight. This liver not only stores oil to help reduce the need to feed but it allows the basking shark to have plenty of energy all the time.
This shark has an amazing food web. All they really eat is zooplankton. They really don't eat other fishes or sea animal even though it’s the second biggest mammal in the sea. The basking shark liver does most of the work it gives it energy and its nutrients that it needs. The basking shark can go a pretty long time without eating.Most of their diet consists of plankton, fish eggs, larvae and copepods, which are small freshwater crustaceans. A filter feeder, basking sharks obtain their food passively. They swim with their mouths open, filtering around 2,000 tons of water per hour.
In conclusion this 33 foot basking shark that weighs 8000 pounds and really doesn’t eat much is amazing. Now do you know what the biggest and scariest shark is? I know i do. Well the scariest looking shark i know is the basking shark. The basking shark has a huge mouth and will eat you if you mess with it. These animals don't have a regular nutrient cycle they just eat what they really can. So now you know not to mess with this huge