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From Wallet to Wheel: Volkswagen Singapore Accepts Bitcoin Payments as Whales & Sharks Scoop 20K BTC

BitRSS 30 Aug 2025
Volkswagen Singapore now accepts Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), and more for car purchases ... .
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Whale sharks scarred: Study links 80% injuries to human activity in Indonesia

Interesting Engineering 30 Aug 2025
Between 2010 and 2023, researchers in Indonesia studied over 200 endangered whale sharks and found that a significant number had scars and injuries caused by human activity ... 286 whale sharks observed ... Whale sharks are seriously hurt.
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4 out of 5 whale sharks have scars caused by human activity

Vincennes Sun-Commercial 29 Aug 2025
Scientists say that simple interventions could "greatly lessen" that burden on the local population of the "gentle giants" ... .
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Nearly Every Whale Shark at This Tourist Destination Bears Human-Made Scars

Gizmodo 28 Aug 2025
Whale sharks are getting brutalized by tourists and fishers, new research shows ....
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Nearly 80% of whale sharks in this marine tourism hotspot have human-caused scars

Phys Dot Org 28 Aug 2025
Whale sharks, the largest living fish species, are classified as endangered on the IUCN ...
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Shocking moment thrillseeker jumps onto a WHALE SHARK and dances on the animal's back in ...

The Daily Mail 28 Aug 2025
This is the moment a thrillseeker shockingly jumps onto a whale shark and dances on its back in a 'sickening' stunt ... The man can be seen jumping into the sea from a boat as he attempts to mount what is reportedly a whale shark.
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“And people say animals don’t have feelings”: Georgia Aquarium visitor captures footage of fish swimming ...

The Daily Dot 27 Aug 2025
Taroko, a popular whale shark, was gently swimming, and several fish were right alongside him, seemingly accompanying him ... Today I found out Taroko, the other whale shark, passed away yesterday morning ... “It’s like the whale shark express,” they said.
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5 underrated experiences in Australia for your next trip: Snorkelling with whale sharks to hiking ...

Hindustan Times 22 Aug 2025
Snorkeling with whale sharks is a once-in-a-lifetime sort of adventure!(PC ... Snorkelling with whale sharks ... Snorkelling with whale sharks to hiking in ancient landscapes.
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Whale sharks become new tourist magnet in E Kalimantan’s Pulau Miang

Antara News 19 Aug 2025
direct interaction with whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in its surrounding waters ... These observations aim to identify specific locations and optimal times for tourists to safely observe and swim with the whale sharks.
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Whale sharks become new tourist magnet in E Kalimantan's Pulau Miang

Antara News 19 Aug 2025
direct interaction with whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in its surrounding waters ... These observations aim to identify specific locations and optimal times for tourists to safely observe and swim with the whale sharks.
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Qatar Tourism invites marine enthusiasts to join Whale Shark Tours

Gulf-Times 19 Aug 2025
Qatar Tourism (QT) has invited marine enthusiasts to join Qatar’s Whale Shark Tours, an adventurous and educational one-day voyage aboard a high speed catamaran.Every summer, the waters off Qatar’s ...
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