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