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An online hubbub has erupted about images
posted of a huge great white shark that had been
seen feeding on the carcass of a dead whale off the
Hawaiian island of Oahu last month. Is it the same
giant shark seen and photographed at Mexico's
Guadalupe Island? And was Ocean Ramsey (the real
name of a woman who is both a marine biologist
and underwater model) right to swim with it, touch
it, and use the photos as a tool for self-promotion?
Those who first spotted the shark in Hawaii initially
thought it to be "Deep Blue," a giant female
shark so named by those who saw it through the
bars of a shark cage diving experience at Mexico's
Guadalupe Island in 2013. At 50 years or so of age
and 20 feet in length, Deep Blue was one of the
biggest sharks ever caught on camera. She became
such a celebrity shark, she even has her own Twitter
account. (Goodness knows what keeps the water out of her phone.) So, had Deep Blue moved over to
Hawaii's cooler waters?
On January 13, a behemoth was spotted feeding
on a decaying sperm whale carcass about 20 miles
off Oahu's north shore. Some thought the animal
was pregnant, while others wondered if it was simply
an animal full of dead whale. Was it Deep Blue?
Comparing photographs taken of her at Guadalupe
and the shark in Hawaii, some experts believe them
to be two entirely different female sharks, and the
Hawaiian one is now named "Haole Girl." But that's
just the start of the conversation....
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