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---- before time ----

Once upon a time... God, Buddha, Allah, the Wizard of Oz, Jesus, Shiva, The Beatles, Aslan, Brahma and Zeus, (or whatever your flavor) were chillin' out one afternoon, checking out the planet Earth, Paul, or perhaps it was Ringo, said "Hey - What about IN the water?" That afternoon and well into the following evening, with the wisdom and experience gained from all the creations they had created already, they threw out colors never seen before, and twisted rock and coral smoothly and slyly. Each trying to out do the others in creative genius. Huge manta-rays, that glided like paper unfolded and floating off a 6th story balcony. Schools of hundreds, or maybe thousands of tiny glass fish that all could swim millimeters apart and yet still twist and turn in perfect synchronization, looking reminiscent but more beautiful and graceful then the biggest and best fireworks ever seen by the human eye. By the time they were done several bottles of Skintab beer and Contessa Rum had been polished off. Clumps of brightly coral dropped from their fingers and hardened around lush and rocky islands on the sea floor. As they passed out, one by one, they tried to do their best last effort to prove they were the kings of the kings. Because of these attempts, we now have the dolphin and the blue-whale. Someone created the marlin while falling face first into a bowl of guacamole dip. Before he curled up on the sofa, Zeus created Neptune. The strangest finale, probably created the following morning, was the sea cucumber.

No one knows for sure who, but the final deity left standing surveyed the magnificent sea and created the oceans largest fish - the Whale-Shark! To prove his "king of kings" status he made his shark an elusive beast of the sea.

From then on all the other gods would go on whale sharking expeditions, but only seldom, while alone, (much like a UFO sighting), would they catch a glimpse of the elusive whale-shark.