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Wow! That's what I call a damned big fish.


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dailymail.co.uk: Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - feasting on a dead whale in Hawaii

For most it would bring back terrible memories of the scene from Jaws when the immortal line 'you're going to need a bigger boat' was uttered.

But when a team of divers spotted the largest great white shark on the planet they only hesitated to grab their cameras before they jumped into the sea.

The enormous predator named Deep Blue is up to 50 years old, weights 2.5 tons and measures 20ft long.

It was drawn to the water around Hawaii for what one diver described as an 'all you can eat buffet' - to feed on a dead sperm whale.

Deep Blue was last spotted in Mexico in 2013 here it was fitted with a tracker which is how divers were able to identify it this time.

Conservation photographer Juan Oliphant was one of the divers who took the plunge along with with marine biologist Ocean Ramsey.







Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator.

Posting on Instagram shortly after the swim, Oliphant wrote: 'Face to face with the worlds largest great white ever recorded “Deep Blue” with @oceanramsey.

'I’m still in shock that we spent almost the whole day with this amazing animal in my backyard.

'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.'

Another 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.

'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.

'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.'

More plus video at link, above





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When reading that title of the thread I wondered why a great white shark would be on vacation.... Razz
 
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Very cool. I would of thought he would of been much older. I wonder what a GW's life expectancy is? 50 seems quite young to me for such a creature.
Be cool to see pix of him tearing into the whale.



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Smart hippies. I'd wait until that big bugger had filled up on whale fat before getting that close too.
 
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Her name is Ocean? She’s nuts for swimming along that thing. I guess knowing it’s not hungry in any way reduces much of the risk...




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Interesting wetsuit design. Could there be any particular reason for it, or is it just a cool design?


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Usually free diving wetsuits use a camo pattern, so the divers can blend in better when spearfishing.


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That's knuckin' futz.
 
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Probably a good thing that it's already been feasting on the whale first. If it was hungry I'm not sure getting in the water would be such a great idea.


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Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator.

They are remarkable photos...

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That's knuckin' futz.

Yeah, that's what I was thinkn'
If that thing became slightly agitated, you'd be gone in an instant, lady!.



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Be cool to see pix of him tearing into the whale.


Watch the video in the article. It shows him doing just that.

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"You're gonna need a bigger boat"




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"You're gonna need a bigger boat"


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Just looking at the pictures is as close as I wanna get to that shark! Hot damn that’s a big fish!



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I'd love to see that fish but from the boat, thank you. The pictures are just amazing, the clarity. Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?


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Really big Whites are almost uninterested in humans. Unless they’re dead or at the surface doing an imitation of natural prey. In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite. I’m not suggesting that they have any warm fuzzy feelings for humans, or that an accidental bite can’t easily kill. It’s just that humans seem to appear...foreign as a food source for some reason.

I’d swim with that bruiser in a heartbeat if given the chance.




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In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite.

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Oh, well, OK then.
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Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?


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In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite.

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Oh, well, OK then.

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Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?


"10"


No you are not, and agree with Richard.




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