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The one in the Great Salt Pond was around 20 feet long (just over 6 meters), making it relatively modest for its species, which can grow over 40 feet (12 meters) in length.

“The species, which many guessed accurately, was a basking shark, the second largest fish in the world.” The basking shark was estimated to measure about 20 feet.

Memorial Day diners at Block Island's Dead Eye Dicks witnessed a startling sight: a massive 20-foot shark gliding through Great Salt Pond. The Atlantic Shark Institute reported the sighting ...

A 20-foot basking shark was spotted swimming near Rhode Island 's Block Island on Monday. Footage of the large animal first surfaced on Memorial Day, after Jennifer Seebeck spotted a large dorsal ...

A massive basking shark spotted off the coast of Block Island on Memorial Day drew comparisons to "Jaws" ahead of the film's 50th anniversary.

Diners enjoying a meal by Rhode Island's Great Salt Pond spotted a basking shark, estimated to be 20 feet long, swimming in the small body of water near Block Island on Monday, May 26.