This is the first of two videos on sharks, to help celebrate Shark Week 2020. Whale Sharks are endangered due to over fishing, mostly to end up as Shark fin soup. But this is not the only impact we have on them. This video explores the other threats they face and the impact of diving and swimming with them. Sources: Eternal Hope by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark https://www.livescience.com/55412-whale-sharks.html#:~:text=Offspring,to%20about%20300%20live%20young. https://www.conservation.org/blog/a-rarity-whale-shark-researchers-tag-female-of-the-species https://galapagosconservation.org.uk/proposed-protected-swimway-between-galapagos-and-costa-rica-declared-a-hope-spot/ https://seaturtles.org/campaigns/create-the-cocos-galapagos-swimway/ https://www.iucn.org/news/secretariat/201607/whale-sharks-winghead-sharks-and-bornean-orangutans-slide-towards-extinction#:~:text=Whale%20sharks%20and%20winghead%20sharks,one%20step%20from%20going%20extinct.&text=%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20alarming%20to%20see,of%20IUCN's%20Global%20Species%20Programme. https://www.sharksider.com/whale-shark-migration-travel/ https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/820/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fish/what-is-shark-finning-and-why-is-it-a-problem/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/01/restaurants-sell-shark-fin-soup-despite-state-bans/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200123152549.htm https://marinemegafaunafoundation.org/blog/microplastics-manta-rays-whalesharks/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CManta%20rays%20and%20whale%20sharks,feed%20on%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20adds.&text=Whale%20sharks%2C%20which%20seasonally%20aggregate,to%20137%20pieces%20per%20hour. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00679/full https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972031353X https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327007970_Ecotourism_impacts_on_the_behaviour_of_whale_sharks_an_experimental_approach https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.170394 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/whale-sharks-tourism-philippines-benefit-harm-news/