we end tonight with one of the most
extraordinary Close Encounters we've
ever seen in the deep newly released
video of what's believed to be the
biggest great white shark ever caught on
camera and it's as terrifying as it is
all inspiring
there's NBC's Joe fryer it's a rare
sight a giant female great white shark
so close you can see her sharp teeth
she's known as deep blue about 20 feet
long 50 years old and very pregnant the
video just posted to Facebook this week
was recorded by shark expert Mauricio
Hoyos Padilla two years ago off Mexico's
Guadalupe Island experts have dubbed her
the biggest shark ever filmed you see in
the world of great whites females are
larger than males females are kind of
elusive
we we haven't really figured out where
the females go and where they spend
their time
Chris Lowe is a renowned shark expert
with California State University Long
Beach well he did not take the video he
watched it noting how unique markings
can help researchers identify the shark
and also observing how close she got to
a human for the most part the more we
learn about their behavior the better
people understand them and hopefully the
less they'll fear them
two months ago Padilla released a
different clip from that same encounter
the footage viewed more than seven
million times shows a researcher
essentially high-fiving the shark though
Padilla notes on Facebook no one should
ever get out of the cage it's video of a
close encounter that's impressing
researchers and thrilling everyone else
Joe fryer NBC News Los Angeles
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