In July 1995, Taiwanese fishermen caught a 16-tonne, 11-meter female whale shark off Taitung. Joung Shoou-jeng, who hurried there after being notified by the fishermen, witnessed the shark giving birth-the first time this had been observed in the nearly 170 years since the whale shark was first described for science.
一九九五年七月，台灣漁民在台東外海捕獲一隻重十六公噸、長十一公尺的母鯊，接到漁民通知立刻趕到現場的莊守正，目睹了百年來第一次的鯨鯊生育過程。