Basking shark

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This picture taken on June 22, 2015 and released by the Museum Victoria on June 24, 2015 shows an official measuring a gaint basking shark that was accidentally picked up by a fishing trawler in the Bass Strait off the Australian mainland\’s most southeastern point. Fishermen off Australia who accidentally caught a whopping 6.3 metre basking shark have provided scientists with a rare opportunity to study the second-biggest fish on the planet. (Photo by Nicole Miller/AFP Photo/Museum Victoria)