a matter of 24 hours, the shark featured (“Deep Blue”) became one of the most talked about white sharks on the planet. ^ "A Huge Great White Shark Controversy: Undercurrent 02/2019".^ "Diver cops flak for touching gigantic great white shark off Hawaii".^ "Meet 'Deep Blue': Possibly the largest great white shark ever filmed"."Watch Deep Blue, the giant great white shark that could be the biggest ever filmed, eating sperm whale off Hawaii coast". "World's largest great white shark 'Deep Blue' gives diver a close-up: 'Thought my heart was going to explode' ". "Divers in Hawaii may have been swimming with biggest great white shark on record". ^ "Great white shark, called 'Deep Blue,' spotted near Hawaii".^ "Biggest great white shark on record seen in Hawaii waters".^ "Deep Blue Shark Biggest Great White Ever Recorded".^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Divers swim alongside famous Deep Blue shark.Ocean Ramsey, notable diver who may have swum with Deep Blue.This means that Deep Blue likely is 5.3 m (17 ft) long and not the largest white shark on record. ĭavid Bernvi, a graduate student, has claimed that Deep Blue is with 93% likelihood 528 cm in total length (total length 491–565 cm) based on a model using the caudal fin to determine the total length.
In addition to his criticism of Ramsey, Domeier believed that the shark encountered by Ramsey was not Deep Blue and was likely to be Haole Girl, a newly discovered great white shark that Domeier believed was pregnant. Both researchers considered Ramsey's behaviour as essentially harassing the animal. Domeier stated that the number one rule of shark diving was not to touch the sharks. Michael Domeier, another shark researcher, also criticised Ramsey's behaviour. David Shiffman, a marine biologist criticised Ramsey's behaviour and stated that the shark should not be interfered with, stating that it is an enormous wild predator and that repeated contact from humans can over stress the animal. Ramsey's video of her touching and holding onto the shark has brought on some criticism from shark researchers. The diver was even able to touch her fin, stating he was trying to push her away from the cage. When Deep Blue was filmed in Mexico a few years before, Deep Blue can be seen swimming around the shark cage calmly and only taking curious bites at the cage itself, she didn't attack Padillo, who had been on top of the cage and exposed. Prior to this interaction, the shark is said to have already fed on some of the whale carcass, which may have contributed to her placid behavior around the divers. However, multiple sources disputed that the shark encountered by Ramsey was Deep Blue and was more likely to be Haole Girl.
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Interactions with humans ĭespite the large size of Deep Blue, she has been filmed non-aggressively approaching one diver and even tolerating the presence of other scuba divers in the area, even allowing free diver and model Ocean Ramsey, to hold on to one of her fins while swimming with her. Deep Blue has been identified by researchers by not only her size but the pattern of where the gray meets the white underside, with a shark photographer called George Probst commenting that a shark's countershade is unique to the individual, stating "That’s as unique to a white shark as our fingerprints are".
In addition to her length, her body has a noticeable girth to it, leading some people to have speculated that she was pregnant. Some have disputed her size, stating that she is more likely to be eighteen to nineteen feet in length.ĭeep Blue has noticeable pigmentation and markings on her body, with a large laceration over the right side of her body. Description ĭeep Blue is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and weigh over two tonnes. Due to the amount of interest in her, a Twitter account was created about her and named after her. Deep Blue's exposure increased further when she was spotted in Hawaii by researchers who had been in the area to monitor tiger sharks, Deep Blue was in the area scavenging for food from a sperm whale carcass.
Deep Blue's popularity increased when a video of her was posted to Facebook in 2015 by Padilla, the video went viral. Deep Blue was first discovered in 2014, she was filmed as part of Shark Week off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico aboard the MV Horizon charter vessel.
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