Divers swim with one of biggest great white sharks off Hawaii

[morris]

Divers take plunge with great white shark

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A team of divers has had a close encounter with one of the biggest great white sharks on record - and lived to tell the tale.

Some of the divers came so close to the female shark in the waters off Hawaii that they were able to touch it.

The shark, nearly 20ft (6m) long and weighing an estimated 2.5 tonnes, is believed to be one tagged by researchers about 20 years ago called Deep Blue.

It was attracted to the area off Oahu's south shore by the carcass of a dead sperm whale.

One of the divers, Ocean Ramsey, told the Honolulu Star Advertiser that they had been filming tiger sharks feeding on the whale when the shark arrived.

"We saw a few tigers and then she came up and all the other sharks split, and she started brushing up against the boat," she said.

"She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post. We went out at sunrise, and she stayed with us pretty much throughout the day."

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Ms Ramsey said the shark was "shockingly wide" and could be pregnant. Deep Blue is believed to be about 50 years old and has its own Twitter account.

Great whites are rarely seen around Hawaii as they prefer cooler seas.

Ms Ramsey said older, pregnant great white sharks were the safest to swim near but cautioned against swimming anywhere where sharks were feeding.

She said sharks would only attack humans if they were curious or if they mistook people for their normal prey, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported.

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[UberEatsDriver]

One of the most beautiful videos so far in 2019. Nice fat shark. Looks healthy. Let’s hope no humans kill it.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Well yes sharks have poor vision so if you’re a human in deep water flapping your legs around it will think your seal.

Humans taste nasty to sharks anyway which is why they bite the shyt out of you instead of eating you whole.

 

[J.E.T.S]

That old bytch ain't got the energy to eat living creatures anymore. Not impressed.

 

[ELESDEE616]

Sharks get the worst wrap of any animal bar none. Pretty much every animal on the planet would murk a human given the chance. If a house cat thought they could get away with it they'd fukk you up. Tigers and elephants and shyt got bodies in the hundreds in places like India. Humans had to make bears and wolves extinct because we cant live together. Wolves will have plenty of food a stalk a human just to kill you and leave your corpse barely eaten.


Meanwhile Sharks get films making them out to be bloodthirsty killers that cant wait to eat you when in reality you're more likely to be killed by a cow and people swim with sharks all the time.