Wed Oct 28, 2:56 AM

Members of the Philippine coastguard use a crane to lift a dead whale shark at the coastguard headquarters in Manila October 28, 2009It was found floating at the seawall of Manila bay by fishermen and was 17.5 feet (5.3 metres) long. Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) officials have brought the whale shark to a laboratory to determine how it died. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES ENVIRONMENT)