Ocean Ramsey and her team encountered this 20 ft Great White Shark near the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is believed to be the biggest ever recorded
I don’t have the time to talk about how Ocean Ramsey is a setback for ocean conservation and acts as more of an influencer than a conservationist.
This is NOT Deep Blue, the largest great white shark ever recorded, it is Haole Girl, who was theorized to be pregnant at the time of filming.
You DON’T interact this way with sharks, you DON’T reach out to touch them this way. They are apex predators, and should be respected as such. Repeatedly touching a shark causes stress, and even if they aren’t pregnant, you don’t want to aggravate a shark. As much as I like to babytalk them, sharks are not ‘sea puppies in search of a belly rub’, they’re meant to be admired from a distance or from a diver wihin a cage.
I’m not here to dictate ‘what counts as a scientist and what doesn’t’, but Ocean Ramsey’s practices are dangerous and could get someone (and following, dozens if not hundreds of sharks) killed. She strikes me as someone more interested in getting pretty photos and videos than actually raising awareness for sharks and nature in general.
Lots of actual marine biologists exist, I personally recommend Dr David Shiffman on Twitter.
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