The great white shark known as "Deep Blue" is nearly 20 feet long and is thought to be the largest great white ever caught on film.
Shark conservationist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured footage of the massive beast nearly three years ago, while doing work for Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" programming. At the time, "Deep Blue" was pregnant.
In the video above, "Deep Blue" swims up to the cage and a diver pushes the shark as it pokes around before it eventually swims away. Hoyos Padilla captured the incredible footage near Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
It's estimated that "Deep Blue," who has become so famous it has its own Twitter account, is nearly 50 years old, Discovery found.
According to a 2014 study, great white sharks have an average lifespan of 70 years, though it varies between male and females.
It's likely that Deep Blue became so big simply because of her age, said Gavin Naylor, program director at the Florida Program for Shark Research. "It's an older animal and when you look at the distribution of any animal, it's the larger animals that are older," Naylor told Fox News in an interview.
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July 23, 2018, 01:56 PM
sigfreund
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"[W]hen you look at the distribution of any animal, it's the larger animals that are older," Naylor told Fox News in an interview.
Dam’! Science and sh … stuff.
Thanks for the post, BTW.
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July 23, 2018, 02:17 PM
gearhounds
Beautiful animal.
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July 23, 2018, 02:17 PM
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July 23, 2018, 02:19 PM
P220 Smudge
Yeeeeah.... Beautiful animal, love to see something like that at peak health and size, fine example of the species. But I'm fine with pictures. No way I'm getting in a frickin' cage next to that thing in it's own environment.
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July 23, 2018, 02:26 PM
tatortodd
Y'all need to click on the link and watch the slideshow/video. The have a really clear picture from the same depth as the shark looking back toward the cage w/ 2 divers. They either had 2 cages down or got really lucky with a GoPro.
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July 23, 2018, 02:27 PM
RaiseHal
Beware the very top of the sharks head, that's where the "freaking lazer" is.
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July 23, 2018, 02:45 PM
Expert308
Just don't piss it off. Oh, and get the hell out of the water before she decides she's hungry.
July 23, 2018, 02:49 PM
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July 23, 2018, 03:19 PM
darthfuster
Looks mean but I'll bet it talks with a lisp and a limp fin...
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July 23, 2018, 04:58 PM
jbcummings
quote:
It's likely that Deep Blue became so big simply because of her age, said Gavin Naylor, program director at the Florida Program for Shark Research. "It's an older animal and when you look at the distribution of any animal, it's the larger animals that are older," Naylor told Fox News in an interview.
Unless there’s bigger fish out there that you haven’t seen yet. What if Deep Blue is just a toddler?
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July 23, 2018, 05:20 PM
msfzoe
Carcharodon megalodon, a prehistoric shark, prowled the jurassic seas. Reaching 70' he was a ferocious predator. 7" teeth got the job done. Perhaps his descendents still swim in the depths.
July 23, 2018, 05:25 PM
lastmanstanding
She's pregnant too. She could just get that human craving at any moment. Is that diver out of the cage???
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July 23, 2018, 07:19 PM
corsair
Just outside of the Golden Gate is a group of islands called the Farallon's. The area is known as the Red Triangle as it's the breeding ground of Great Whites in the Eastern Pacific, along with colonies for sea lions and elephant seals. Talk to long-time fisherman and there's plenty of tales about 20' great whites. There's several confirmed residents that are around 15-17'
July 23, 2018, 08:08 PM
Jeff Yarchin
Estimated to be 50 years old. That... is a successful predator.
July 23, 2018, 10:13 PM
Jelly
Shark thread? Cue Snuffy
July 23, 2018, 10:40 PM
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I was terrified to even swim in a LAKE after seeing Jaws. No telling what phobias will be triggered by that YUGE sumbitch. Probably have to curl up in a corner in the fetal position with a blanket.
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