After this period, the patient is in a new steady state in which further sodium and water losses do not occur. However, in many patients with diuretic-induced hyponatremia, the disorder first appears after many months of uncomplicated thiazide therapy [5,12].
Out of more than 480 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull; however, the oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more castaways, not recorded in the statistics.
The only known predator of the whale shark is humans.The mouth of the whale shark is massive, reaching a width of approximately 1 meter (over 3 feet). Only 3 shark species (the whale shark, the basking shark, and the megamouth shark) are filter feeders, straining their prey from the water column.