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Deep blue shark in hawaii11/14/2022 ![]() “While I work with white sharks all around the world they are extremely rare in Hawaii and this individual may be one of the largest recorded, and bears similar markings to ‘Deep Blue,’ a shark I’ve studied in Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, where I’ve done most of my work with white sharks. Ocean Ramsey diving with Great White Shark Deep Blue When folks from the U.S. “Today was extremely special,” Ramsey wrote in an email to share the news of their encounter. So they did exactly what you’d expect them to do. On Tuesday, Ramsey and her fiance, Juan Oliphant, came across a shark that either is Deep Blue herself, or another shark nearly the same size and with similar markings. The shark is so popular she even has more than 10k Twitter followers. The shark was spotted by marine biologists studying tiger sharks near the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. And why would everybody be excited about this particular great white? Apparently, the 50-year old shark is the largest ever recorded at 20-feet long and weighing more than two and a half tons. Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and over fifty years old. And Deep Blue sightings are even rarer the last time anybody had seen her reportedly was three years ago and more than 2,000 miles away off of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. On one hand, great white sightings are rare around Hawaii, to begin with. Deep Blue is the biggest great white shark ever recorded Credit: Reuters The mammoth female was last spotted off the coast of Hawaii devouring the carcass of a dead sperm whale in 2019. A shark by the name of Deep Blue had been spotted feeding on a whale carcass near Oahu. The shark is estimated to be 8-feet wide and weigh 5,000-pounds (2. We’ve all been watching Ocean Ramsey and a handful of other watermen and women swim with the ocean’s top predator for years.But the image of any human floating freely next to a great white - scratch that, possibly the largest great white ever recorded - will never be anything short of amazing.Įarlier this week, the diving community around Hawaii stirred itself into a bit of a frenzy. A great white shark spotted off the coast of Hawaii has left diver stunned. ![]()
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