Whale shark names… top 10 released….get your voting fingers out!!

Whale shark names – cast your vote to be counted!

The tagging of whale sharks forms part of the tagging and tracking research theme and is conducted each year under the direction of our Senior Research Scientist Dr Rich Pillans. Its hoped that the data gathered from tagging these animals will help build a more informed picture on their movements and potential areas of importance to them.

Animals tagged as part of this research are given names and anyone can view their movements at seaturtle.org/tracking! This year we decided to invite you all to suggest and submit suitable names for the whale sharks we intend to tag in June 2017.

The competition closed on the 18th May 2017 and it was a tough choice with so many fantastic names submitted.

….but here they are…. our top 10 whale shark names for you to vote on (you can choose up to 5) …

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Entries closed 3:00 pm on the 27th May 2017.

Winning names were announced at 3:10 pm on the Talanjee Oval, as part of the Ningaloo Whale Shark Festival in Exmouth.

We look forward to watching the journey of ‘Roger’; ‘Hagrid’; ‘Big Biru’ and ‘Destiny’ over the coming months!

Animals can be tracked here after the 20th June 2017!