seriously though, its a sad loss...
i don't know of any parasitics that can cause peritonitis (what the first one died from)..
parasitic infections, and the abscess/ruptures they cause, certainly can and due cause this.
I think there is a lot of value in keeping whale sharks in an aquarium, as someone wiser then me once said:
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught."
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