"A shark of that size is at least 50 years old and that tells me protection and conservation efforts are really working."ĭeep Blue was featured last year in a Discovery Channel documentary when researchers tagged the gigantic fish.
"When I saw Deep Blue for the first time, there was just one thought in my mind: Hope," he wrote. FLORIDA SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW 'ALIEN-LIKE' SHARK WITH HUGE EYES 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. The shark's age is cause for optimism, Hoyos Padilla wrote in a fundraising presentation for his marine conservation organization, Pelagios Kakunja. The sighting of Deep Blue off Oahu was remarkable because the handful of previous sightings were documented 2,600 miles away at Guadalupe Island off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. Another factor: She was likely pregnant when this video was taken. New video has surfaced of Deep Blue, which is as big as a.
Researchers says she's at least 50 years old. KABC GUADALUPE ISLAND, Mexico - She's the world's largest shark, dubbed Deep Blue, and she was captured on video off the coast of Mexico. So why is Deep Blue so big? One reason is the shark's age. Ones as long as Deep Blue are rare, according to National Geographic. Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured the footage of the shark named Deep Blue off Mexico's Guadalupe Island in 2013.
Great whites typically grow to 15 feet in length and weight up to 5,000 pounds. Hoyos Padilla clarified on Facebook that leaving the cage is no longer allowed.Īt the end of the clip, the shark bumps into one of the cages with her nose and shows off her razor-sharp teeth. Big Blue, a 22 foot, 2 1/2 ton female believed to be over 50 years old, was last seen five years near Guadalupe Island off Mexico. Big Blue, the largest great white shark ever caught on film, was spotted this week feeding on a sperm whale carcass off the coast of Oahu. One researcher is bold enough to swim outside the protection of the metal bars near the shark. Deep Blue shark sighting spurs conversation, condemnation. The clip shows the predator swimming near researchers in steel cages. 10, ABC News reports, but it's unclear why it was not published for two years. In the video, the gargantuan creature swam up to the crew's dive cage and poked around curiously before disappearing back into the blue.Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured the footage of the shark named Deep Blue off Mexico's Guadalupe Island in 2013. She is estimated at 20 feet/ 6.1 meters in length. Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, a shark conservationist working for Discovery's "Shark Week," shot jaw-dropping footage of the massive creature off Mexico's Guadalupe Island in 2013. She is called Deep Blue and it is probably the largest great white shark ever filmed. It's thought that she could be more than 50 years old. Her name is Deep Blue and, at an estimated 20 feet long and possibly still growing, she's widely considered to be among the largest great white sharks ever caught on camera. LOS ANGELES - The average great white shark clocks in between 11 and 15 feet long, but one great white spotted just a few times in recent years blows her brothers and sisters out of the water. The Story of Deep Blue, the Biggest Great White Shark in the.
Deep Blue, a 20-foot great white shark spotted off the coast of Guadalupe Island, is widely considered to be among the biggest great white sharks ever filmed.
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