FIRST, HOW SHE MANAGED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE BEST
INSTAGRAM PHOTOS EVER.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A SCENE
STRAIGHT OUT OF STEVEN
SPIELBERG’S THRILLER "JAWS" BUT
FOR MARINE BIOLOGIST OCEAN
RAMSEY, THIS RARE SIGHTING OF A
GREAT WHITE TELLS THE REAL STORY
OF THE OCEAN’S FIERCEST
PREDATOR.
PREDATOR. RAMSEY AND A TEAM OF DIVERS WERE
STUDYING TIGER SHARKS ON TUESDAY
WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED THE
ENORMOUS PREDATOR AND CAPTURED
THE DRAMATIC INTERACTION ON
FILM.
FILM. RAMSEY ESTIMATES THE SHARK, A
FEMALE, TIPS THE SCALES AT OVER
TWO TONS, AND IT’S EIGHT FEET
WIDE AND NEARLY 20 FEET LONG,
MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST IN
THE WORLD AND THE OLDEST, TOO,
50 YEARS OLD.
TO REALLY GRASP THE ENORMITY OF
THIS GREAT WHITE, A YELLOW
SCHOOL BUS WOULD SURPASS IT IN
LENGTH BY TEN FEET.
IT STANDS AS TALL AS AN ADULT
GIRAFFE.
GIRAFFE. ONE THEORY IS THAT THIS SHARK IS
DEEP BLUE FEATURED IN THE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S CELEBRATED
SHARK WEEK.
SHARK WEEK. THAT GREAT WHITE WAS FIRST
TAGGED BY RESEARCHERS IN MEXICO
20 YEARS AGO.
IF IT IS DEEP BLUE, RAMSEY
SUGGESTS SHE COULD BE PREGNANT
AND CHASING WHALES IN THE AREA
FOR FOOD.
FOR FOOD. RAMSEY HAS TRAVELED THE GLOBE
STUDYING SHARKS, AND HAS
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THEIR
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION CONSERVATION.
CONSERVATION. SHE HOPES THESE STUNNING IMAGES
WILL HELP PROTECT WHAT SHE CALLS
THE OCEAN’S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD
CREATURES.
CREATURES. AND WE ARE JOINED NOW FROM
HAWAII BY OCEAN RAMSEY, THE
MARINE BIOLOGIST AND SHARK
RESEARCHER SEEN IN THOSE
DRAMATIC VIDEOS.
DRAMATIC VIDEOS. OCEAN, GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US.
>> ALOHA AND THANKS FOR HAVING
ME.
ME. >> WHAT A DAY YOU HAD.
I KNOW YOU DO THIS FOR A LIVING,
BUT THIS HAD TO BE THE MOMENT OF
YOUR LIFE?
YOUR LIFE? >> ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING,
HEART MELTING, OVERJOYED TO BE
APPROACHED BY THIS BIG,
BEAUTIFUL, MASSIVE I THINK
GRANDMA SHARK.
GRANDMA SHARK. I THINK SHE’S DEFINITELY OLD TO
BE THAT LARGE AND I MEAN, IT
FILLS MY HEART WITH JOY AND
TAKES MY BREATH AWAY, AND IT
KIND OF BREAKS MY HEART AT THE
SAME TIME TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
BECAUSE I JUST REALIZED THAT
MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE
INCREASINGLY RARE BECAUSE SHARK
POPULATIONS ARE BEING WIPED OUT
FOR SHARK FIN SOUP AND SHARK
FINNING.
FINNING. >> AS THIS 20 FOOT SHARK
APPROACHES YOU, HOW DID YOU NOT
KNOW THAT YOU WERE IN GREAT
DANGER?
DANGER? >> I’VE BEEN WORKING WITH SHARKS
ALL AROUND THE WORLD, OVER 30
SPECIES, SPECIFICALLY GREAT
WHITES OVER TEN YEARS, AND I
WORKDAYLY, ACTIVELY.
WORKDAYLY, ACTIVELY. THAT’S WHY I WAS OUT IN THE
WATER WITH MY RESEARCH TEAM WE
WERE DOCUMENTING SHARKS AND
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. WE NEVER WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD
BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE GRACED
WITH THE PRESENCE OF THIS
MASSIVE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL FEMALE
WHITE SHARK.
WHITE SHARK. ABSOLUTELY THRILLED.
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED. SHE’S AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL, AND
IT’S JUST SO SAD THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE OUT AROUND THE WORLD
SEEING HER WOULD THINK MONSTER
AND WANT TO KILL HER BECAUSE OF,
YOU KNOW, MOVIES LIKE "JAWS" SO
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
TRUTHFULLY THEY SWIM PAST
SURFERS SWIMMERS, AND DIVERS ALL
DAY EVERY DAY, AND IT’S SO RARE
THEY EVER MAKE A MISTAKE.
LESS THAN TEN HUMAN FATALITIES
GLOBALLY ANNUALLY.
GLOBALLY ANNUALLY. YET PEOPLE KILL 70 TO 100
MILLION SHARKS A YEAR.
>> YOU’VE BEEN DOING THIS
RESEARCH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
GREAT WAY TO GET THE MESSAGE
OUT, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS PARTICULAR SHARK, WHICH I
KNOW YOU’RE LOOKING INTO THIS
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ACTUALLY
A SHARK THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED OFF
THE COAST OF MEXICO, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, 2,500 MILES AWAY?
HOW DO YOU -- WHY DO YOU THINK
IT MIGHT BE THAT SAME SHARK WHO
I THINK HER NAME WAS DEEP BLUE?
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE DEEP BLUE
BECAUSE OF THE PIGMENTATION OR
THE COLOR PATTERN ACROSS THE
GILLS.
GILLS. I’M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM
DR. MAURICO, WHERE DEEP BLUE WAS
FIRST SPOTTED.
FIRST SPOTTED. HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE
WATER WITH HER.
I MESSAGED HIM.
I’M WAITING TO HEAR BACK UNTIL I
SAY FOR SURE IT’S HER.
EITHER WAY THIS IS THE LARGEST
WHITE SHARK I’VE EVER SEEN, AND
I’VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR
OVER TEN YEARS, AND THE
ABSOLUTELY MOST INCREDIBLE
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. I’M SO HUMBLED TO BE IN THE
WATER WITH HER.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
INSPIRED TO HELP PROTECT THEM SO
MAYBE MOMENTS LIKE THAT ARE
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. >> HEY, OCEAN, THERE’S SOMETHING
ELSE ABOUT THIS SHARK, THIS
50-YEAR-OLD SHARK.
50-YEAR-OLD SHARK. YOU THINK THAT SHE MIGHT BE
ESPECIALLY LARGE FOR ANOTHER
REASON, WHY IS THAT?
>> SHE COULD BE POTENTIALLY
PREGNANT OR SHE MAY BE VERY
FULL.
FULL. WE DID OBSERVE HER GOING OVER
AND FEEDING OFF OF A DEAD SPERM
WHALE CARCASS THAT WAS IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY.
GENERAL VICINITY. EITHER WAY SHE’S A BIG, HEALTHY
INDIVIDUAL, AND I JUST HOPE THAT
SHE SURVIVES BECAUSE WE NEED
MORE BIG HEALTHY PREGNANT FEMALE
SHARKS OUT THERE AT THE RATE
THAT SHARKS ARE BEING KILLED.
>> OCEAN, IT’S INCREDIBLE, WHAT
AN EXPERIENCE, IT’S SO WONDERFUL
YOU HAVE THE PICTURES TO
DOCUMENT IT AND SHARE THEM WITH
US.
US. CAN YOU REALLY HOLD YOUR BREATH
SIX MINUTES BY THE WAY?
>> OVER SIX AND A HALF MINUTES
UNDER WATER.
UNDER WATER. AS I SWIM AND DRINK A LOT OF
CAFFEINE, THAT NUMBER GOES DOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE IT.