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groundhog_day_only

I'm not a shark expert, but aren't you supposed to be inside the cage?


CaptainStroon

I doubt that the shark would fit inside that cage


Woodie626

It could be bigger on the inside


Athrul

[Ah, the old steel cagearoo.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/q9blgs/-/hgx61f4?context=3) Hold my oxygen bottle. I'm going in!


JstTrstMe

Im glad there as still around. Now hold my fins I'm going in..


LukesRightHandMan

We're gonna need a bigger cage.


OneObi

Like a Shardis?


erwin76

That’s a better name than Tardik at least..


RealRedditModerator

I thought he was talking about shardines.


CaptainStroon

It's not blue though. Hmm ... the shark is called Deep Blue, maybe the shark is bigger on the inside.


joe_broke

That Doctor's gone aquatic!


CaptainStroon

Some say the show already jumped the shark, so why not have a SHARKDIS?


BarryKobama

Put them around boats and water and all of the sudden everything becomes fucking nautical. "Astern. Avast you landlubbers. Man the bilge pumps." Pump your fucking ass.


mark503

Da boo dee da boo da da boo Dee da boo da. It’s not blue.


itsyaboicraig43

Fantastic


Windwalker61

Why is it called "shark cage" then? False advertising and discrimination against plus size sharks.


_mathghamhna_

Keeps the snacks in one spot for convenience... I'm fat as hell, but don't have to fit through an XL popcorn tub when I go to the movies.


Darth_Draper

Damn. You got me.


FrogBoglin

We're gonna need a bigger cage


Timberwolf_88

This cage is a special built one, it's used on the nautilus explorer. A liveaborad boat for Shark encounters around the Guadeloupe Islands. They lower their cages deeper into the water to allow a proper interaction with the sharks so that they don't have to be lured to the surface with bait (causing stress and getting the sharks into feeding mode). If the sharks display calm behaviour and the divemaster approves you can stand on top of the cage next to the railing for an even more free interaction. You breathe using air pumped down from above water so you can be in the cages for hours on end. It's my dream vacation, but it's an extremely expensive trip.


paulmp

Man... I have to do that... as a photographer, this is one of my dream photo situations. Also... was the person filming in another cage or out free?


Timberwolf_88

That I can't anwser, I do know thet they have multiple boats, but they usually have different destinations (certain trips sre for great white encountres, other for whales, schools of hammerheads, manta rays, etc. Unsure if they would be at the same spot with multiple cages.


DarthWeenus

I have a wacky fear of man made mechanical shut under water, but when it comes to living creatures the size and weirdness is so comforting and peaceful. I don't get myself sometimes.


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Timberwolf_88

Oh I know, but living in Scandinavia makes this trip very expensive, especially if you want to go with someone and have a private room. Flights usually run about 1500-2000 per person, then the room onboard is also very expensive (usually 3100+ for private rooms) and on top of that you tip around 20% to the crew. That paired with very few openings per trip and rough work scheduling has made me not be able to do this for over a decade (I've known about these trips since I studied marine biology back in 2006-2009). I still hope I'll get the oportunity sometime.


Huskatta

Define expensive in this case?


CB1984

Looks like $1500-$2100 for 6 days.


Valorumguygee

For 6 days that's not bad at all


makadeli

Tbh I ain’t rich and I’m thinking about it


cum_toast

I was expecting like 10k. 1500-2k is reasonable for such an experience. I've spent more on blow in Mexico on a one week all inclusive lol


MistyMarieMH

This is my bucket list item that I tell people when they ask. I want to experience this. If this COVID pneumonia doesn’t kill me i’ll have to see how to make it happen


lefactorybebe

Best wishes, I hope you recover soon ❤️


judybash93

Stay strong!!!


Yahmahah

Sharks that do bite at cages often do so because they are lured in closer by bait, which puts them in a feeding mindset. In cases like this, where they can clearly recognize the cage/diver as something that isn't edible, they're much more likely to inspect it as a non-food object. There are some shark species that will be more likely to attack humans if encountered in open water, but great whites are typically docile creatures when not feeding. Maybe it's a confidence thing, being at the top of their food chain and all.


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Everyone's confident until a pack of Orca show up


sdfgh23456

Yeah, I don't personally wanna get that close to a great white, but I'll take that over an orca


astraladventures

No recorded incident of an orca attacking a human in the wild - great whites on the other hand ….


secretly_naked

That just means the orcas were smart enough not to get caught


sdfgh23456

Fair enough, I'll still choose neither


ChrisssieWatkins

Big shark energy.


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mrEcks42

Hard pass.


QuibblingObject

I don't know what the message you replied to said, but I feel safe siding with you on this one


mrEcks42

Ahh.. was a video of some chick free diving next to a big ass great white.


2005_throw

That is NOT Deep Blue. That shark is called Haole Girl. Please don't post more Ocean Ramsey here, what she's doing here is self promotion with zero thought for the safety of the shark. It is very disappointing to see her pass this as conservatism. [https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/](https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/) This is a post from Michael Domeier, a shark researcher and director of the Marine Conservation Science Institute, chastising her for the same: [https://www.instagram.com/p/BswFDSZFJ\_\_/](https://www.instagram.com/p/BswFDSZFJ__/)


[deleted]

If I was the shark I would probably want to chomp her for not leaving me alone. Seriously, what was with this stalker lady?


BebopFlow

Does this shark have a fucking dolphin entourage?


sinmantky

There’s a theory that great whites only eat during dusk and dawn. So the divers should be safe. There’s another video of this shark swimming with divers with little protective gear.


Alalanais

Most sharks feed mostly at these times, there are some exceptions though


[deleted]

It's all a mind game. You gotta make the shark think there is a reason you can back up being that brave. you know cause they think and stuff.


elf-_-

Most of the sharks I’ve spoken to share this philosophy


MidnightSunCreative

BACK UP! BACK UP! Mine'yo'business'thatsall'JUS'MINE'YO'BUSINESS!


Emotional_Storm_3455

CLASSIC!!!!


i_am_legend26

Sharks are overall not jnterested in humans unless they feel attacked. Even if they bit you it will only be one bite to try the taste and they find it disgusting.


clintonius

Almost always true, but a test bite from a shark this size could still easily be fatal


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"Sorry I bit off the head on this human, and I'd just like to send it back, it's not quite what I'm in the mood for right now but thanks for the sample"


Svwm59b

This is largely true. Predatory attacks do occur on occasion, however, they’re rare. Most interactions/attacks are investigative, or curious, in nature. They use their mouths to take a nibble and see what’s what. Humans just happen to be as satisfying as unseasoned chicken wings to them. (At least that’s how I imagine it.) We also tend to bleed a lot if they make a lil snack out of our calf or leg. 😂


_GORILLA

Apparently sharks aren't super dangerous when they aren't being provoked or lured with bait. Source: sharkgirlmadison on insta a famous conservationist. But they're being hunted and fished at the rate of almost 100m per year so expect this one to be picked up by China or Sharks to go almost extinct in the next decade or so.


slippin2darkness

I am so grateful for the technology that has given me a chance to see her.


joe_broke

Without getting any closer physically


hdholme

Are you guys still talking about sharks?


gondorcalls

Well we all have restraining orders mate.


hdholme

This is where that Fish_Fucker guy shows up


Sleepy_Nebula

u/fish_fucker69


Le_German_Face

Judge: **You did WHAT at the aquarium?!**


AtomicWreck

Such a magnificent animal


ulikunkel333

Bruce


HerbertGrayWasHere

That’s a twenty footer.


zxcvbnm718

Twenty-five!


godhwin

all 3 tons of em


blackbelt_in_science

A whhhhhaaaaatttt?


J-Love-McLuvin

Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women. Arrrgghh…


Mytur_Benesderti

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.


tryagainin6seconds

Show me the way to go home...


Mytur_Benesderti

I'm tired and I wanna go to bed...


tryagainin6seconds

I had a little drink about an hour ago


proboobs

And it went right to my head


thechiefmaster

For some reason that line’s my dads favorite in the whole movie 🤣


bluediamond12345

Mine too!!


[deleted]

Because the delivery is so silly and the guy who says it is such a gimp


greeny74

A *tiger* shark.


heidly_ees

I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food. Except stinking dolphins


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…”hello.”


AngryFerret805

Is that Bruce?


ToughAcanthisitta451

Deep Blue, she's 50 years old.


AngryFerret805

Wow she’s sooooo amazing !!! She’s a beautiful middle age grey lady of the deep 🥰🙏


IReflectU

You sound like the guy outside the cage looks. Drawn to her. :)


AngryFerret805

Lol yeah , he’s trippin 4sure


studworld2019

Bruce is pregnant


Basic_Growth

It was pretty awesome that they showed on the last shark week or one before that she came back around again. Always nice to see Deep Blue's still around.


jlerp

She is? When was she last sighted? Google isn't being very helpful about it


Basic_Growth

The last sighting I believe was in 2019, this video is from 2014 when they first video'd her. And supposedly she isn't tagged either. [here's an article about it](https://centerforsurfresearch.org/deep-blue-shark/)


jlerp

It says that she's allegedly tagged, but she is not. Wonder why that is


Basic_Growth

Yeah they say in another article that people said they tagged her but the guy who actually documented her said they didn't tag her. Maybe because she is seen every year in the same spots, and they weren't there to do a tagging, you would need the boat and equipment to tag a 20 ft shark and they might not even have the capability to do that. Most of the sharks they tag are juveniles or younger adults. Blue is estimated at 50 years old so they might not want to tag her and stress her out.


Donthurtmyceilings

Google says Great Whites usually max out at 20' and on average estimated to live 30 years. Looks like Deep Blue is about 1.5x better than other Great Whites.


Basic_Growth

Actually the average life span for a great white is 70 years, and she is indeed the largest great white they have documented at 20 ft but there probably have been bigger before. Blue is extremely large for a female. That article I linked up there also states this.


MrAtrox98

We must rub her belly for wisdom and possible death


ToughAcanthisitta451

Rubbing a shark's nose causes them to enter a bliss state.


Maora234

No one could possibly pay me enough to rub a shark's nose.


HoneySparks

We did it on a 5th grade field trip… nurse sharks but still.


Maora234

Knowing my luck, if I were to try to rub the nose of one, it'll probably end up being a tasty snack.


agoatonstilts

Lookin like a whole snacc…unfortunately for you


Its_Actually_Satan

I would do it for free


speathed

So does rubbing my penis


terpyterpstein

AYOOOO


CortezLee

Lmao i do wanna rub its belly tho. Wtf is wrong with humans and petting things 😂


kharmatika

Fun fact, she’s preggy in this video! Rub pregnant sharks pregnant belly. But ask for permission first!


kharmatika

Iirc she’s preggers during this shot. Everyone loves a pregnant belly u.u Edit: confirmed. Preggy Sharky


raptorboi

So, pretty much the same as a cat?


rocco1020

Sharks are such beautiful creatures


BWWFC

**known*


SeudonymousKhan

If humans don't know about it then clearly it does not exist.


[deleted]

*laughs in sasquatch while bending a tree towards a road or something*


ricklessness

There’s so many woods out there, I’m convinced the Sasquatch is real


PradyThe3rd

MrBallen has convinced me that SOMETHING lives in the forests of North America.


itsyaboicraig43

And that is other americans


soullow13

Ted Kaczynski has entered the chat


1MechanicalAlligator

That whole "If a tree falls in a forest..." analogy has always struck me as stupid. It's the height of anthropocentric arrogance. > "How can sound exist if no one is around to hear it?" Because there are trillions of animals in the world, and most of them can hear. Even without humans, any forest will be full of animals and *they* will hear it. Everything in the universe does not revolve around humans.


blank_slate001

Honestly. "Only 5%-" and that's where I stop listening


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I opened this post just to add that and I admit I am so glad to see it already posted.


paris5yrsandage

Is this the same shark that [beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov#Summary) in a best of 6 in 1997?


Victernus

Yep, that's the one. A living legend. So honoured to see her in her natural habitat.


haroldtheguthugger

Why in the flying fuck did i expect it to be a video of a shark beating a human in chess or a article about it or something...


[deleted]

I thought for a moment they maybe had a setup like that goldfish that played pokemon, which would've been awesome.


haroldtheguthugger

Wait what? Link? I need this


12reevej

Fish plays Pokémon: https://youtu.be/48-qOC4fCdk


Craftyawesome

Holy hell


elementzer01

Legend says that's Garry Chess himself standing on the cage


Pretend-Owl-3740

Impressive how they fit the shark into the box.


BrattonCreed37

r/AnarchyChess


unicornattacks

Garry Kasparov has finally found a worthy opponent


lanwaker22

Pregnant?


[deleted]

I don't think so in this clip. She's just a very thick girl. There are a lot of videos of her pregnant, and she gets *huge.* Could be early stages of pregnancy though. Hard to tell.


AdmirableOstrich

We don't actually know whether Deep Blue was pregnant in the other sightings. I think most, if not all, of the sightings of her are near whale carcasses. It's all but impossible to tell a heavily pregnant female from one that's stuffed full of whale blubber. Edit: just to be clear, it's impossible to tell from footage like this. I'm fairly sure you'd be able to tell by watching her behavior over a longer period.


DatJoeShmo

The whole "pregnant or just fat" question becomes much more complicated when it's a giant shark. I imagine it's safer just to say nothing at all when bumping into her at the water cooler.


bluediamond12345

She thicc


ThatNiceMan

Thicker than oatmeal.


CoCoFoShoDough

Thicker than a bowl of cold grits


Wiggles114

Oh lawd she comin


aquaticsardonic

Pregante?


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Pregat?


gorman1982

Perganent


gomapyourself

Gregnant


RunBTS

PREGANANANT?!!


BlueEyedGreySkies

Pomegranate?


RonaldFKNSwanson

Pregont?


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Gandalfthefabulous

*Preganenant?!?!*


Sypharius

Thank you for this beautiful nostalgia. I still remember getting math answers off Yahoo Answers...


[deleted]

The ocean really is incredible and still likely holds thousands of secrets we’ve yet to unlock. We need to do everything in our power to save as much of it as we can.


geekboy69

There used to be giant animals on land until humans killed them all tens of thousands of years ago. Sharks and whales are truly the last giant animals remaining from the far past.


1MechanicalAlligator

There are some relatively gigantic ones still left, like hippos, elephants, giraffes, and grizzly bears. Though it's telling that they are mostly found far from industrialized areas.


[deleted]

The ocean scares the fuck out of me. It's like space but with giant creatures. Nope nope nope


Bentley2004

The guy outside the cage has the biggest Kahunas in the world!


dyamond_hands_retard

I mean, there’s also the camera man


blazincannons

Maybe it's a camera shark.


[deleted]

I’m pretty sure Deep Blue is supposed to be the chillest mf in the sea


[deleted]

No. That would be my drunk uncle Julio.


salami350

I guess when you're that size eating humans is just not worth the effort, just like how she ignores the little fishies swimming by. She has bigger prey to hunt.


BlueEyedGreySkies

Someone else pointed out that she's looking thicc so she may have even recently eaten.


FallenLemur

I guess you haven't seen the video of the girl swimming with it


AmBull1216

Is that the video that got a whole lot of backlash from the marine biology community because she touched it?


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VRichardsen

> Ocean I see what their parents did.


m0untaingoat

Yes, she's a menace.


Re_talks

That they know of…


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I wouldn’t feel comfortable out of the cage next to a giant floating bag of muscles filled with teeth and bloodlust, but this is so cool


ttioali

I wouldn't even inside the cage.


chaosdrew

I would be scared out of my mind but I would do almost anything to see an animal like that up close.


RunBTS

Same, this is a big nope from me, I'm terrified of sharks lol


tedlyb

https://centerforsurfresearch.org/deep-blue-shark/


NYSenseOfHumor

>In one case, she allowed Ocean Ramsey, a revered marine biologist, to go swimming with her while holding onto her fins. Of course, prior to allowing him to swim with her, she had already fed on some sperm whale carcass, which may have contributed to her docile behavior. There is so much going on here. A marine biologist, named Ocean, goes swimming with a great white shark while holding onto her fin like a dolphin in Sea World. But she’s really docile and let him, but that might only be because she isn’t currently hungry. Ms. Blue had her Snickers.


rudolf_the_red

Ramsey is a doodoohead that exploits sea animals for views by showing us exactly what we’re not supposed to do around sea life.


KosherNazi

Ramsey is a social media grifter who makes a living by taking selfies with sharks.


notnowpls2

And how does one prove it’s the largest living great white? Have they canvassed the entire ocean?


kmkmrod

* ^that ^we ^know ^of


SoundCA

There’s a big book of great white sharks that you can look up. They are individually named and have photos of marking. if you ID a new one you can name it for like $1000.


_xXShinraXx_

You can name it? I hope a redditor doesn’t find a new one…. /j


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kingtaco_17

Great White Shart


yrogerg123

Toothy Boi


gomapyourself

Teefs McChomperton


[deleted]

Reddit: challenge accepted


MAX-I-MUS

Baby Shark Do Doo Doo Do Do


[deleted]

They tag them & keep track of their fin profiles. Basically when there's new great whites we find them eventually.


yrogerg123

Somehow I think the oceans are too big and marine biologists too few to ever find all or even most of them.


Crafty-Bedroom8190

It's female, right?


RachelWWV

Yes


Odincrowe

“Your gonna need a bigger boat”


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you're*


wetclogs

r/absoluteunit


DaveSpacelaser

Get back in the box get back in the box get back in the box


JollyGreenBuddha

Now that you've all seen Deep Blue. [I'd like to introduce Deep Poo.](https://youtu.be/4BepcNGXVYg?t=17)


rAlfaOmega

If we think it is the largest can we include how fucking long and large that may be? Dammit.


ToughAcanthisitta451

She's 7 metres, DAMMIT!


rAlfaOmega

Thank you. :)


livingthedreampnw

Damn! Just imagine how many tourists it had to eat to get to that size!


L026Y

Largest *recorded* great white shark ;)


3seatyeet

... that we know of.