{"id":1550,"date":"2020-09-22T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T08:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=34621"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T08:52:36","slug":"whale-shark-dubai-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/whale-shark-dubai-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"An Endangered Whale Shark Was Spotted In Dubai Marina This Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hellloooooooo Autumn!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we reported <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/uae-summer-ends-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summer had officially ended<\/a> and the thick fog this AM *<em>almost<\/em> made us forget about high humidity and scorching temps.<\/p>\n<p>But this video snapped at 6.30am this morning near Bay Central is giving us LIFE. You can hear birds singing and you&#8217;ll spot what looks like a six-foot whale shark casually ambling through Marina shallows.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time the harmless slow-moving shark species have been spotted in the busy waterways, with numerous sightings of the stunning endangered creatures happening across Dubai and Abu Dhabi over the last number of years.<\/p>\n<h2>The whale shark is a gentle giant who feeds on plankton and is one of the least forboding sharks out there<\/h2>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFbp7Ilga36\/<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-p18ite\">The Lovin Daily: Dubai Wakes Up Under A Thick Blanket Of Heavy Fog<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-p18ite\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-lovin-daily-live%2Fid1484254079%3Fign-mpt%3Duo%253D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-lovin-daily-live%2Fid1484254079%3Fign-mpt%3Duo%253D4\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.google.com%2F%3Ffeed%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOTVjNmQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.google.com%2F%3Ffeed%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOTVjNmQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Google Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.anghami.com%2Fartist%2F3461877%2F1008921519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.anghami.com%2Fartist%2F3461877%2F1008921519\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Anghami<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1vhplr9\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/thelovindaily\/embed\/episodes\/The-Lovin-Daily-Dubai-Wakes-Up-Under-A-Thick-Blanket-Of-Heavy-Fog-ek083n\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hellloooooooo Autumn! Yesterday we reported summer had officially ended and the thick fog this AM *almost made us forget about high humidity and scorching temps. But this video snapped at 6.30am this morning near Bay Central is giving us LIFE. 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