JAKARTA, Aug 31 (Xinhua): A critically endangered large whale shark (rhincodon typus) was washed ashore and found dead on the beach of Indonesia's western East Java province, an official said.
The nine-metre-long (9m) whale shark was discovered by residents on the Paseban beach of Jember district on Sunday, said Setyo Utomo, head of Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Region III in the district.
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