Sperm whale is the majority of the caloric intake for these huge sharks! Lot of sperm whales, so maybe the occasional encounter with a dead Nothing that we would recognize as white shark food. Offshore Foraging Area (our preferred moniker), and we found almost To that area, sometimes referred to the White Shark Cafe or Shared Pounds of babies in their uteri! These sharks spend almost their entireġ8-month gestation in the deep offshore waters between the mainland and Months away, meaning these big girls are currently feeding about 500

She has been pupping on odd years recently. In fact, Deep Blue is almost certainly pregnant sinc e All 3 sharks observedįeeding on the whale were female.and there's a 50% chance each one was Taxing that they will skip a breeding cycle. Once every two years, and sometimes the process is so energetically Many people who saw my last post may wonder: 'Hey, what's the bidĭeal.the sharks weren't hurt by people riding them.' Let me give you aīit of background on white shark life history. Newly discovered shark that has been named Haole Girl by the diver thatīefore you claim that this is just sour grapes and he simply doesn't like Ocean Ramsey, read his reason for not approving of Ocean's behavior.

AndįYI, despite what she says, that’s not Deep Blue she’s harassing. One of the bears killed him and the poor woman that was with him. Thought he knew them so well that he was part of their family. The lions? Remember what happened to the bear whisper in Alaska?.he Were very satiated and unlikely to bite.but the average person should Wrong message.these are very dangerous animals. And lastly.posting selfies with white sharks is really the Once-in-a-lifetime experience.instead they can't even take a pic of Look at all of the other people in the water hoping for a The number 1 rule of legitimate shark diving operators isĭON'T TOUCH THE SHARKS! This is not shark is selfish, Not only is it illegal in Mexico, it is unethical the She came to social media fame by illegally riding white sharks at You feel her words are consistent with her actions. Space so her girth could pass.' Take a look at this video and see if To me passing close enough I gently put my hand out to maintain a small Observing as she swam up to the dead sperm whale carcass and then slowly In Hawaii, but then I saw her post this: 'I waited quietly, patiently, Ocean Ramsey has Jumped the Shark.Literally and Figuratively The great white sharks at Guadalupe Island.

Doc, along with Nicole Lucas-Nasby are the scientist at the MarineĬonservation Science Institute, the first scientists to tag and catalog

They are neither! Why can't we just love them for what they are? Awesome predators, neither out to get us nor wanting to be our 'friends'! I love these sharks and I'm not afraid to say, it's not a mutual feeling!Ī completely different problem with the diving taking place around this shark is described by 'Doc Domeier', one of the preeminent shark researchers at Guadalupe Island. I also find it puzzling that people portray great white sharks as either mindless killers or as harmless. The whole reason we do have a database of these sharks is so that we can have population estimates and find their migration patterns. From a scientific perspective, it is far more interesting to know that there are other massive females out there than to 'show how harmless these sharks are'. While it certainly didn't make a difference in the experience the divers had with this shark, it matters greatly when Ocean Ramsey claims to be a scientist and doing these dives for research. You can clearly see that it is not the same individual.Ī lot of people have commented that it really doesn't matter if it was Deep Blue or another shark. Check out her markings at the pelvic fin vs. While Deep Blue was actually spotted and filmed by Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries, the female Great White Shark that Ocean Ramsey was diving with was not Deep Blue, but another massive female named 'Haole Girl' by the diver who first reported her. For the last couple of days, the internet has lit up with postings of Ocean Ramsey diving with Deep Blue.

Divers swimming with deep blue shark