#besides! many people also expressed love for multiple species of shark!

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I’ve seen people in the notes of my shark polls occasionally apologise for being so basic with their favourite sharks (or at least their fave out of the list), most commonly with the whale shark and the great white shark. I’m here to tell you, don’t feel bad in the slightest!! There is a reason you love this shark so much, isn’t there? Whale shark is quite literally the biggest fish at an awe-inspiring 12 meters, it’s one of the only filter feeding sharks, it swims with a slow, dignified grace, it is a long-living gentle giant, it has the silliest adorable face and it has a beautiful blue or dark grey back full of stars! And the great white shark! A gorgeous shark, a testament to the success of sharks, an efficient predator of great strength yet it is still capable of gentleness, a mighty animal that observes the world with calmness — not to mention their cute spyhops! Two noble animals, why on earth should you feel bad for liking them so much!?

Of course saying this, I don’t mean to say that every other shark sucks or something lol. I could think of nice things like that to say about any shark! It would just take a while, given that there are over 500 sharks, so only saying nice things about two is easier. They all deserve love! I just want to say that liking “basic” things is fine and fun. Sharks are never “basic” anyway!