![]() ![]() 'We had a very long beautiful dive with her and we were all very much enthusiastic about the encounter.' 'During the circles we realised just how big she was - she must have been something like seven metres long. She was very interested and was looking at us. 'She was very calm and not at all nervous and was circling us. We realised almost immediately that she was very big. 'All of a sudden out of the deep blue, there she came. When we entered the water we had to wait because there was nothing to see. Mr Maier, 48, said: 'Deep Blue is a very large female shark and she is known to be found in Mexico. German tourist Michael Maier also described filming the predator during a 2014 trip to Mexico. Great whites, the largest predatory fish on earth, typically grow to 15 feet in length, with some, like Deep Blue, exceeding 20 feet in length and weighing up to 5,000 pounds, according to National Geographic. The massive predator was also featured back in 2014 in a Shark Week documentary, when researchers tagged the gigantic fish. ![]() The video shows the enormous apex predator swimming near researchers in steel cages, with one bold enough to be swimming outside the protection of the protective metal bars. ![]() ![]() 'If you asked me right now, it would be freediving with, interacting with and photographing not one but multiple, different great whites AND Deep Blue.' 'If you asked me yesterday the answer would be freediving with Deep Blue, a great white, the largest ever documented, who was last seen in 2013 in Mexico. 'I hope my conservation images like this help people to question their perceptions and realize the beauty, and importance of sharks and I hope that they inspire the kind of compassion and connection we need to have with nature and sharks, to help protect them and coexist alongside them.'Īnother diver who swam with Deep Blue. Kimberly Jeffries, wrote: 'If you asked me a few days ago what the most amazing thing I've ever seen in Hawaiian waters the answer probably would be pretty different. Posting on Instagram shortly after the swim, Oliphant wrote: 'Face to face with the worlds largest great white ever recorded 'Deep Blue' with still in shock that we spent almost the whole day with this amazing animal in my backyard. Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator. Great white shark sightings in Hawaii are rare as the water is usually too warm for the animals.Deep Blue is thought to be around 20ft long according to scientists who have previously encountered the predator, around the same height as a fully-grown giraffe Ramsey emphasized however, that members of the general public shouldn't start jumping into the water with the giant animals - especially when there's a food source like a rotting whale carcass nearby. She hopes that the images of her swimming with the huge great white will help dispel common myths about sharks. We need them for healthy marine ecosystems." "You can't hate them for being predators. "There's not a lot of sympathy for sharks because of the way they're portrayed in media and they don't have the cute cuddly appearance," Ramsey said. Ramsey and Oliphant later told the Associated Press that they hope to use the now-viral images to push for legislation that would ban the killing of sharks and rays in Hawaii. The shark is believed to be 20-feet-long Image: Reuters/oneoceandiving "Deep Blue" was the subject of a documentary and has previously been spotted near Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. The shark discovered off of Hawaii bears similar markings as "Deep Blue" - the largest great white shark ever recorded. "She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post," Ramsey told the Honolulu Star Adviser. She and her business partner Juan Oliphant spotted the great white near the whale carcass when she started brushing up against their boat. Divers swam with the massive shark for hours Image: Reuters/oneoceandiving Ocean Ramsey, one of the divers who swam with the shark, said she believes the animal is at least 50 years old and weighs an estimated 2.5 tons. The 20-foot (6 meter) female shark was spotted feasting on a sperm whale carcass off the island of Oahu by two shark researchers and conservationists. Shark enthusiasts rejoiced this week after the discovery of a behemoth great white near Hawaii. ![]()
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