![]() Some researchers also believe that pregnant great whites follow whales. Judging by the width and the hunger, " Deep Blue" could be pregnant. Is Deep Blue, the estimated 20-foot-long Great White female that aired on Discovery Channels Shark Week in 2014 the biggest Great White shark ever recorded. Great white sharks are a vulnerable species and are rarely seen in Hawaii. "It's the wasteful and cruel practice of grabbing and catching sharks to cut off their fins - which slowly kills them - for shark fin soup in a process called shark finning." A particularly large female great white nicknamed 'Deep Blue', estimated measuring at 6.1 m (20 ft) was filmed off Guadalupe during shooting for the 2014 episode of Shark Week 'Jaws Strikes Back'. "I wish more people would have a connection with sharks because then they would understand that it's not petting sharks or pushing them off to maintain a respectable space that is hurting them," notes Ramsey. The diver has been trying to re-introduce in Hawaii the bill to ban the purposeful killing of sharks and rays. Ocean Ramsey spent the entire day with "Deep Blue" until the sun went down. Believed to be the largest great white shark in the world, Deep Blue, measures almost 21 feet long and over 2 and a half tons. She swam away escorted by two rough-toothed dolphins who danced around her over to one of my shark research vessels and proceeded to use it as a scratching post." Ban Shark Finning "I know some people criticize touch but what some don't realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch. She passed close, and I gently put my hand out to maintain a small space so her girth could pass," explained Ramsey. "I waited quietly, patiently, observing as she swam up to the dead sperm whale carcass and then slowly to me. The 20-foot predator even brushed up against the research boat. The magic, yet dangerous moment was captured by Ramsey and professional photographer Juan Oliphant. Stunning footage of what may be the worlds largest great white shark caught on camera has resurfaced. ![]() The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate. She was initially identified in the 1990s, but footage of her only emerged in 2013, when Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, a marine biologist, and shark movement specialist, captured Deep Blue swimming on camera. Professional freediver Ocean Ramsey spent a day swimming with a female shark she identified as "Deep Blue," one of the largest known great white sharks. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species.The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). Marine biologists have not definitely identified Deep Blue as the star of the videos, but Chris Lowe, director of the shark lab at California State University, Long Beach, told NPR the great. Deep Blue is a female shark estimated to be around 20 feet long. ![]() Hoyos Padilla posted the above footage of the great white shark, taken off the western coast of Mexico, to his Facebook page on Monday. ![]() A great white shark made a rare appearance Tuesday to feed off a dead sperm whale off Oahu's South Shore, in Hawaii. Her name is Deep Blue, and shes one of the biggest sharks ever filmed, according to Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, director-general of the nonprofit marine research organization Pelagios-Kakunjá. ![]()
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