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Interactions with humansĭespite the large size of Deep Blue, she has been filmed non aggressively approaching one diver and even tolerating the presence of other scuba divers in the area, even allowing free diver and model Ocean Ramsey, to hold on to one of her fins while swimming with her.
Deep Blue has been identified by researchers by not only her size but the pattern of where the gray meets the white underside, with a shark photographer called George Probst commenting that a shark's countershade is unique to the individual, stating "That’s as unique to a white shark as our fingerprints are". In addition to her length, her body has a noticeable girth to it, leading some people to have speculated that she was pregnant. Some have disputed her size, stating that she is more likely to be eighteen to nineteen feet in length.ĭeep Blue has noticeable pigmentation and markings on her body, with a large laceration over the right side of her body. Descriptionĭeep Blue is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and weigh over two tonnes.
Due to the amount of interest in her, a Twitter account was created about her and named after her. Deep Blue's exposure increased further when she was spotted in Hawaii by researchers who had been in the area to monitor tiger sharks, Deep Blue was in the area scavenging for food from a sperm whale carcass. Deep Blue's popularity increased when a video of her was posted to Facebook in 2015 by Padilla, the video went viral. Deep Blue was first discovered in 2014, she was filmed as part of Shark Week off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico aboard the MV Horizon charter vessel.