2017 DJIBOUTI 40 FRANCS - GEM UNC - 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

We’re back this week with another note that sheds light on an amazing animal from nature! The banknote of the week depicts the Whale Shark! ?

As the largest fish in the sea, reaching lengths of 40 feet or more, whale sharka have an enormous menu from which they can choose. Fortunately, for most sea-dwellers *and us humans!*, their favorite meal is plankton. They scoop these tiny plants and animals up, along with any small fish that happen to be around, with their colossal gaping mouth while swimming close to the water’s surface. ??