Whale Shark With Detailed Spot Pattern Swimming Coloring Page

The whale shark's spots are drawn as a regular field of small ovals following the curve of the body, thinning across the belly and continuing out onto the fins and the tail, and there are close to three hundred of them. The head is broad and flat with a small eye set far forward, and five gill slits run behind it. Around the outside, a damask style border of flowers and scrolls fills the corners and both side margins, with a few bubbles drifting through it. Do not try to color every oval individually unless you want a very long evening. Lay a single blue tone over the whole body first, then darken only the ovals that fall along the spine and the tops of the fins, and the pattern still reads while the animal keeps its shape. Adults, or a child who enjoys repetition. Every whale shark's spot pattern is unique, and researchers identify individuals from photographs using pattern matching software that was originally written to map stars.