Fishermen on the Arabian Sea reel in giant 40ft long whaleshark.

Try telling someone you caught this 40ft fish that's as big as a whale - because they're unlikely to believe you. The giant whaleshark being reeled in and brought to port in the Pakistani city of Karachi.Crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of the beast - believed to be one of the biggest ever caught - as it was hauled out of the water at Charai Fishery.

Two cranes were brought in to pull the eight-ton shark's carcass out. But that failed, so eventually another crane was brought in to complete the task.The largest confirmed whaleshark was 41ft long but it is thought they can grow to considerably greater lengths. The shark is found in tropical waters and lives for around 70 years. They feed mainly on plankton, microscopic plants and sometimes small fish.

Reeled in: Pakistani fishermen use cranes to pull the carcass of a whale
shark from the water.


Massive: The 40ft fish was brought to harbour in Karachi, Pakistan.


Onlookers crowd around the carcass of the whale shark at a fish
harbour in Karachi.


Two cranes lift the dead shark as they try to get it out of the water.


Shark attraction: Ropes are attached to the weighty whale in an
attempt to get it onto dry land.