Members of Philippine coastguard drag a 17.5 foot (5.3 metres) dead whale shark onto the shoreline in Manila bay October 28, 2009 after fishermen found it floating near the seawall. 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 SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)