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The Sharks Are Out There

Swimming with the God-fish of Mozambique

Henry Wismayer
6 min readJan 2, 2018

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by Henry Wismayer

“People might look for these fish all over the world — Thailand, Dominican Republic. See nada. Then they come to Whale Shark Alley and they can’t believe it.” Isham squints into the deep blue emptiness with the narrowing eyes of a big-game hunter. “The sharks are out there, alright. There’s an 80% chance you’ll…

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Henry Wismayer

Essays, features and assorted ramblings for over 80 publications, inc. NYT Magazine, WaPo, NYT, The Atlantic, WSJ, Nat Geo, and TIME: www.henry-wismayer.com.