Meet your whale shark and learn their story
Fahlo | The Quest Shark | Plush
Bring home the gentle giant of the ocean! The Fahlo Quest Shark Plush is a soft, huggable whale shark that does more than make a cuddly companion—it connects you to a real whale shark's journey in the wild.
Created in partnership with Georgia Aquarium, each plush includes an interactive tracking experience that lets you follow a real whale shark equipped with a SPOT (Smart Position and Temperature) tag. As you track your whale shark's movements, you're also helping support ocean conservation efforts around the world.
Made with incredibly soft fabric and filled with 100% recycled water bottles, this eco-friendly plush is perfect for animal lovers, ocean enthusiasts, and aspiring marine biologists of all ages.
Product Features
- Includes an interactive experience to track a real whale shark
- Whale shark tracked using a SPOT (Smart Position and Temperature) tag
- Created in partnership with Georgia Aquarium
- Fahlo® donates 10% of all profits to nonprofit conservation partners
- Eco-friendly plush filled with 100% recycled water bottles
- Soft, huggable design for all ages
- Available in 10-inch and 20-inch sizes
About the Tracking Experience
Every Fahlo® tracking experience includes the Fahlo Protection Ping™, which helps protect the animals you follow. Depending on conservation safety protocols established with Fahlo's nonprofit partners, your whale shark's journey may be displayed using live, delayed, or historical location data.
While your tracking experience remains just as exciting, these safeguards ensure the animals stay protected as they travel through the world's oceans—allowing you to follow their incredible adventures while supporting their conservation.
Bring home your own Quest Shark Plush and discover the amazing journey of one of the ocean's most fascinating creatures, one splash at a time.
Each plush comes with a real red panda to track
Reveal exclusive stats, photos, and updates along the way
Track their quest on a 3D tracking map
In partnership with Georgia Aquarium
Common questions
Are whale sharks whales or sharks?
Despite their name, whale sharks are sharks, not whales. In fact, they’re the biggest fish in the ocean! They do share some similarities with whales, however, including the way they eat by filtering food from the water via large filter pads in their mouth, and their sheer size.
How much does a whale shark weigh?
Most whale sharks weigh around 41,000 lb (18,600 kg)—about 20 tons! That’s roughly the same as 4 adult African bull elephants.
What color is a whale shark?
Whale shark coloring ranges from a blue-gray to a gray-brown, with a white belly and a constellation of light gray or white spots. Their spot patterns are totally unique to each individual, just like our fingerprints.
Are whale sharks friendly?
Whale sharks are commonly referred to as gentle giants and can even appear playful and curious. While it’s safe to swim with them, it’s still important for any adventurer to keep their distance and not touch wildlife.
Why is the whale shark endargered?
Whale sharks currently face threats from accidental entanglement in fishing nets, ingestion of debris in the ocean, boat strikes, and in some instances, opportunistic fishing by humans and unregulated tourism. Each of these contributes to their endangered status on the IUCN Red List.
How do whale shark sleep?
Like many shark species, whale sharks need to keep moving in order to continue pushing water through their gills to breathe. So while they don’t truly fall asleep, they will rest periodically while drifting on currents and moving along slowly. Like dolphins, they can also allow half of their brains to “sleep” while the other half stays alert and aware of their surroundings.
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