A propeller wound can be seen on the tail of a whale shark at Tan-awan. Even if propeller boats are forbidden in the interaction zone, the familiarity of the sharks with the boats puts them in danger of being wounded or even killed by propeller boats they meet and approach on their migration routes.

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