I wish more people would have a connection with sharks and the natural world, because then they would understand that it’s not petting sharks or pushing them off to maintain a respectable space that is hurting sharks (because trust me if she didn’t like being pet she can handle and communicate ?) it’s the wasteful and cruel practice of grabbing and catching sharks to cut off their fins (which slowly kills them) for #sharkfinsoup in a process called #sharkfinning or the wasteful #sharkfishing or #sharksportfishing If it bothers you that I touched the shark please click on one of the hashtags above and leave them a negative comment first ? #HelpSaveSharks #SpreadAwareness #FinBanNow #bansharkfinning #Sharkfin Vid shot on my #gopro3000 #goproforacause out with with ❤️ ? ❤️ ? #savetheocean #sharktouch #touchingsharks #oneoceanteam #discoversharks #discoverocean #greatwhitesharkinhawaii #freedivingwithsharks #whitesharkhawaii #deadwhalehawaii #dolphinsandsharks #?? #Hawaii #sharka ???Ī post shared by Ocean Ramsey #OceanRamsey on at 4:56pm PST I know some people criticize touch but what some don’t realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch, 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, passing up feeding for another need. So he was trying to push her away, because he didn't want her to get hurt.I waited quietly, patiently, observing as she swam up to the dead sperm whale carcass and then slowly to me passing close enough I gently put my hand out to maintain a small space so her girth could pass. It was really close to the cage, and they have pointy ends. "It has a big laceration on the right side. "The dive master was pushing the shark away," he told LiveScience. In one, the diver appears to give the shark a high five-however, Padilla later said he was just trying to push her away from the cage. The original films of Deep Blue captured by Padilla shows the enormous shark swimming past a cage of divers. This means that, as long as she survives, Deep Blue will continue to grow.Īccording to the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal, the average female great white shark grows to around 15 to 16 feet in length, while males are smaller, measuring 11 to 13 feet, on average. Sharks continue to grow throughout their lives, and the average lifespan of a great white is thought to be around 70 years. This could be the result of her being pregnant-or just that she has eaten a lot of sperm whale.ĭeep Blue is estimated to be about 50 years old and weighs 2.5 tons.
In the film, they also point out that Deep Blue has a sizeable girth. The team at National Geographic say this will help them get a better understanding of the migration patterns of female great whites. A post shared by National Geographic last time Deep Blue was caught on camera, she was off the coast of Baja California, in Mexico, around 2,400 miles from Hawaii.