{"id":1716,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","slug":"the-whale-shark-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/the-whale-shark-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The whale shark is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been four long months since we all went whale shark crazy…but looks like the whale shark is back for another visit, this time to The Palm, rather than the Marina. Of course, there’s nothing to say that it’s the same one, and it’s seems this one might have been twice the size of the last one.<\/p>\n

Gulf News reported that a\u00a0marina assistant at the Nakheel Marina Yachts Club, spotted the fish swimming by the docks at 9am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whale shark was more than 10 feet long, and was swimming by the boats at the marina with small fish surrounding it. I was told that someone spotted it yesterday evening also. I quickly took out my phone to take a video.\u201d<\/p>\n

The whale shark hung around for about an hour and a half before swimming back into the open sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s perfect fodder for social media. Here’s our favourite video…<\/p>\n

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Unconfirmed reader report – whale shark spotted in #Dubai<\/a>. Have you seen a whale shark in the same area? Tweet us. pic.twitter.com\/qR39ingJd4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gulf News (@gulf_news) January 20, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Now read:\u00a0Dubai\u2019s Famous Marina Whale Shark Has A Twitter Account \u2013 And It\u2019s Hilarious<\/a><\/p>\n

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