Buzos Nadaron con Deep Blue, el tiburón blanco más grande del mundo, y las imágenes son increíbles

Hacía años que no se lo veía. Deep Blue, un enorme tiburón blanco, que se cree es uno de los más grandes hasta ahora registrados, fue visto cerca de la costa de Hawaii por buzos que nadaron a su lado y quedaron extasiados.

El tiburón, una hembra de unos 6 metros de largo, apareció el martes junto a otros tiburones que se hacían un festín con los restos de un cachalote muerto en Oahu.

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Great White Breakfast •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ #greatwhiteoahu #explore #teamcanon #underwaterphotography #feeding #diving #protecttheselands #worthmorealive #onebreath #ハワイ #conservation #mahalohawaii #greatwhiteshark #freedive #luckywelivehawaii #yayadventure #instagood #travelgram #island #nature #fish #uwphoto #oahu #dreaming #makegratitudeyourattitude #haolegirl #sharkfestsdcc

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«Vimos algunos (tiburones tigres) y luego llegó ella y todos los otros tiburones se separaron y comenzó a rozar el barco», recordó Ocean Ramsey, una de los buzos, en declaraciones al Honolulu Star Adviser.

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I’m speechless!!! A BIG beautiful GREAT WHITE SHARK & rough-toothed dolphins right offshore my home #Oahu ??? I’ve been lucky enough to dive with white sharks here 4 times over the years and every year in isla Guadalupe Mexico and Australia and Africa but here, TODAY!!!!! With this big beautiful Great White has probably been my most favorite White Shark to interact with. I gently pushed her off the engines and gave her a pet as she cane under my @oneoceandiving boat for a scratch. Check out @oceanramsey for the vid and Huge props and gratitude to @camgrantphotography for this incredible image of a moment and day I will never forget. ??❤️?? #helpsavesharks #apexpredatornotmonster #savesharks #greatwhiteshark #greatwhitesharkoahu #greatwhitesharkhawaii #oneoceandiving #divewithsharks #savesharks #savetheocean #discoversharks #respectsharks #malamamanō #alohaforsharks #oneocean #teamoneocean wetsuit @xcelwetsuits

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«Era simplemente esta gigantesca belleza que quería usar nuestro barco como poste para rascarse», añadió Ramsey, que nadó junto al tiburón todo el día, consiguiendo fotografías maravillosas que publico en su cuenta de Instagram.

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@oceanramsey gently guides one of the largest documented #GreatWhiteSharks away from our @oneoceandiving shark research boat in #HAWAII #Oahu The first great white shark I ever swam with was in 2005 off my home #Haleiwa with a similarly large great #whiteshark who also rocked the boat I was on at the time working with sharks. I guess I am lucky that history repeats and not much has changed which made me confident but not complacent during this encounter but what has changed is shark populations are severely declining but for the first time ever I’ve seen this huge shift in perception in the last 5 years mostly due to imagery and the work that @oceanramsey and the team at #oneoceandiving and @oneoceandiving program and conservation and research division does (with people like @mermaid_kayleigh and @forrest.in.focus ). 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 along side them. You don’t have to love them but they do need to exist, they are absolutely critical for the health of marine ecosystems which all life relies on. Yesterday I filled up 500gb with just photos so many more videos and photos to share from this incredible encounter that lasted al day. #grateful #helpsavesharks #savesharks #sharks #shark #discoversharks #greatwhiteshark #sealegacy #oneoceanconservation #greatwhiteshakhawaii #whitesharkhawaii

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«Mi primera reacción fue de incredulidad. Ella siguió tres tiburones tigre hacia el cadáver de una ballena, y su gran tamaño los hacía parecer barracudas«, describió otro de los buzos, Mark Mohler a USA Today.

«Llegamos al amanecer y se quedó con nosotros prácticamente todo el día», dijo Ramsey, bióloga marina y conservacionista especialista en tiburones.

Kimberly Jeffries, otra integrante del equipo también contó su experiencia. «Serena y elegante, se desplazó alrededor nuestro. Durante horas nadamos juntos en la corriente del mar», escribió en su cuenta de Instagram. Pare ella, fue la “experiencia más increíble” que vivió en las aguas de Hawaii.

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When we slipped into the water yesterday morning we had no idea what was in store for us. In search of tiger sharks we found curiously quiet waters. We didn’t have to wait long though as this ocean great revealed herself. Serene and graceful, she curiously weaved her way around us. For hours we swam drifting together through the sea in the current. We watched as she fed and swam, marveling at her round belly, perhaps she’s eating for more than one? She doesn’t have a spot tag and we’re going through the databases to ID her but she appears to be new. Stay tuned for more photos and snippets of encounters. *update* she’s Deep Blue! •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ #greatwhiteoahu #explore #teamcanon #underwaterphotography #ocean #diving #protecttheselands #worthmorealive #onebreath #ハワイ #conservation #mahalohawaii #greatwhiteshark #freedive #luckywelivehawaii #yayadventure #instagood #travelgram #island #nature #fish #uwphoto #oahu #dreaming #makegratitudeyourattitude #deepblue #sharkfestsdcc

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Ramsey dijo que el animal, que se calcula tiene unos 50 años y pesa unas 2,5 toneladas, estaba «impresionantemente ancha» y posiblemente estaba embarazada.

«Estoy sin palabras; fue conmovedor. Ella es probablemente el tiburón blanco más dulce que vi en mi vida. Las hembras grandes embarazadas son en realidad las más seguras, sobre todo las más viejas, porque ya lo vieron todo, incluso nosotros «.

La mujer, que tiene más de 15 años de experiencia con tiburones y milita para que se dejen de demonizarlos, igual desaconsejó a la gente común acercarse a ellos.

Ver tiburones blancos en la costa de Hawaii es raro ya que el agua es muy caliente para ellos, indicaron.

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Post via @oceanramsey Disclaimer: I highly discourage people from jumping into the water purposely with Great #WhiteSharks and TigerSharks and all sharks should be given respect as space as wild animals and PROTECTION from wasteful killing for their important ecological role. I work daily in the water with sharks as a shark biologist and teach public and professional safety programs through @OneoceanResearch and @OneOceanDiving and through a number of our international projects which also includes #greatWhiteShark research specifically. I try hard to replace fear with scientific facts and encourage a healthy level of respect for sharks as #apexPredatorsNotMonsters but not puppies…but not monsters. They are sharks and I love and respect them for what they are. Yes I absolutely LOVE sharks and have a deep understanding and respect for their capabilities combined with well over a decade of full time experience working in-water with them.  My life mission, passion, and I think purpose is to help further conservation efforts for them through research, conservation, design, and immersive and impactful programs and outreach. Please check out all the divisions of #OneOceanDiving listed below for more information and please help us to ban #sharkfinning #sharkfishing #sharksportfishing and #sharkculling around the world. I just found out the the bill to ban the purposeful killing of sharks and rays in Hawaii will be re-introduced this year in both eh house and senate following all the positive shark press that has come from this incredible encounter in the last few days. Mahalo nui loa (thank you) to all those who support efforts for shark and marine conservation. #gratitude #helpsavesharks #finbannow #sharkarma #savesharks #Sharkconservation #sharkresearch. IMAGE © MY AMAZING FIANCE @JUANSHARKS co-founder of @oneoceandiving and @waterinspired also diving with my amazing one ocean shark ohana @mermaid_kayleigh @Forrest.in.focus and @camgrantphotography  Photo credit: #JuanSharks #JuanOliphant @JuanSharks Photo of a massive 20ft gorgeous female white shark and a rough tooth dolphin swimming up to me in my home waters of #Hawaii #Aloha #MalamaManō #Aumakua #Manō

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Deep Blue fue descubierta en el año 2013 en la zona de Baja California (Estados Unidos). Algunos meses más tarde, la avistaron en las costas de la isla Guadalupe (México). Pero desde entonces no se había vuelto a tener noticias de ella.

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Deep Blue, possibly the biggest White Shark identified at nearly 7 meters. While last spotted in Mexico, she came on a Hawaii all-you-can-eat vacation. Here, @kimberlyswimberly drops to take some photos of her in front of a sperm whale carcass – notice all the chunks of whale and oil floating around. Kimberly was first to spot her on 13 January 2019, and Kimberly and I confirmed the ID with the white shark authority, @iphotographsharks this morning – thank you! Also present were @laurashark007, @meg_siren, @mitswerdna, @dannyrobertsphotos, plus Andrew and Daren. Thank you all for the surface support, surface photos and videos, and putting up with the smell ☺️ • • #deepblue #greatwhiteshark #greatwhite #whiteshark • • • • #natgeo #sonyimages #freediver #underwater #uwphoto #natgeowild #ocearch #ocean #freediving #sharkdiving #bestdayever #sonya7riii #bealpha #aloha #hawaii #oahu #unreal @ocearch #fearless #shark #sharks

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«Seguro vino a Hawaii a un hotel All Inclusive«, bromeó Mohler en su cuenta de Facebook.

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#Jaws was a fictitious film whose poster kind of looks like this, so this is my effort at an Anti-Jaws type media piece @savingjawsmovie . I’ve been swimming with sharks my whole life and working professionally with them for over 15 years. There’s a challenge I have in my efforts, to find a balance between helping people to overcome their fear of sharks that often stems for fictitious demonizing media and instilling a healthy level of respect for sharks as very capable apex predators #ApexPredatorNotMonster not puppy (cause if you pet puppies often even puppies bite, actually a lot ;)). Having worked with sharks for so long I can fully appreciate what they are capable of because I have been rushed by sharks and had to deter them and I have had to leave the water and I have watched them actively predate and compete for space and have confrontations.  However, I’ve also had the most incredible moments of my life in the water with them where 99.9% of the time they cruise gracefully around and so long as I keep looking around and pay attention constantly and quietly and give respect and attention to the more dominant individuals and challenging juveniles on a CONSTANT bases I am treated as more or less an equal predator.  Never complacent, always respectful and adapting at every second to every movement. I reached the point long ago where I dedicated my life to conservation and I love it, I love educating people about sharks and introducing them to them in a professional guided situation through the program I co-founded @oneoceandiving where we also collect data @oneoceanresearch @oneoceansharks and help support conservation through @Oneoceanconservation and @OneoceanEducation and @Oneoceanglobal @Waterinspired @oneoceanhawaii and other with funds from @oneoceandesigns and diving I love studying shark behavior and body language and its an absolute pleasure to share that with people and help them to better appreciate sharks and I hope inspire them to help save them.  Check out http://HelpSaveSharks.Org for more ways to get involved. #Aloha #hawaii #greatWhiteHawaii #SaveTheOcean #ocean #discoversharks #oneoceanconservation #OneOceanDiving PHOTO CREDIT @juansharks ❤️

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