HELP PUT AN END TO SHARK FINNING The Whale Shark is very unusual and quite different from the other species that are out there. On the morning of 15 February, An 18-foot long whale shark (Rhincodon typus), de-finned and fighting for life, was found floating belly-up amidst the rough waters of Bahay Kambing, a sheltered cove in the municipality of Tingloy.