Ramsey studies sharks, advocates for their conservation and leads cage-free shark diving tours. 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. Check out more from Nat Geo.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. With an estimated 3,500 left in the wild, these giants are considered Vulnerable by IUCN and are listed in CITES Appendix II. They prefer fatty prey such as seals, sea lions and whales. As with all sharks, humans are not natural prey, but as they have no hands, a sampling bite is how they test things (agreed, not much comfort if you are the one being sampled). Pure muscle and power, great whites can swim up to 15 mph and on occasion are known to entirely breach the surface as they attack prey from below. These huge predators prefer cool waters and while are slate grey in color, they are named ‘great white’ for their white underbellies. While they average about 15 feet in length, Deep Blue likely measures over 20 feet long. Great whites are the largest predatory fish on earth. We feel incredibly fortunate that such large females of reproductive age are still out there. It was awe-inspiring and humbling to see the photos and footage that followed.

She and a number of other female great whites spent a few days gorging themselves to bursting, giving them a distinctly corpulent shape! These beautiful ladies even dwarfed the otherwise large tigersharks. Light and more petite than our other shark pendants, this Deep Blue – Great White Shark Necklace was inspired by Deep Blue, the largest great white recorded (ever), as she stopped in Hawaii to feast on a whale carcass.

Deep blue shark with woman